Police detain Hong Kong's most prominent media tycoon and Beijing critic, Jimmy Lai, under the new national security law.
Police detained the city's most prominent media tycoon and Beijing critic, Jimmy Lai, under the new national security law on Monday morning.
Police officers stand guard outside the headquarters of Apple Daily and Next Media after media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily was detained by the national security unit in Hong Kong, China August 10, 2020.Hong Kong police confirmed that at least nine people, aged 23 to 72, were arrested on suspicion of breaching the new law.A journalist who works at Apple Daily spoke to ABC News on condition of anonymity.
The security law has been widely condemned by Western governments which accuse Beijing of breaking its promise of allowing the territory semi-autonomy under the"One Country, Two Systems" framework. Police lead Hong kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai , 72, away from his home after he was arrested under the new national security law in Hong kong on August 10, 2020. - Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai was arrested under a new national security law on August 10 and police raided his newspaper offices in a deepening crackdown on dissent in the restless Chinese city.Later in the day it emerged that local freelance journalist, Wilson Li, was among those arrested.
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