Public fury over China's new security law is evident. The morning after Jimmy Lai’s arrest, people queued outside shops to buy his newspaper
of the spectacle was lost on few Hong Kongers. On August 10th, amid the city’s third wave of covid-19, which has resulted in restrictions on public gatherings of more than two people, 200 police raided the offices of, a local tabloid, bound the wrists of its owner Jimmy Lai, paraded him around the newsroom and marched him away. Employees live-streamed the show on Facebook.
Mr Lai, who arrived in Hong Kong from mainland China as a 12-year-old stowaway and worked his way up from factory hand to media tycoon, is the most high-profile of 25 people arrested so far under the new law. His scalp is one the party had been itching for—its media often call Mr Lai the principal figure among a “gang of four” pro-democracy veterans bent on “causing chaos”. The others are Anson Chan, a former head of the civil service; Martin Lee, a barrister; and Albert Ho, another lawyer.
The tycoon was among ten people arrested that day on similar charges, including Mr Lai’s two sons; four executives of Next Digital, a company owned by Mr Lai which publishes; and Agnes Chow of Demosisto, a pro-democracy group, which disbanded itself hours after the national-security law was enacted. The arrests are a sign that China is determined to crush opposition in Hong Kong, ignoring global outrage. Three days earlier, America had imposed sanctions on 11 Hong Kong and Chinese officials, including Mrs Lam, whom President Donald Trump accused of “implementing Beijing’s policies of suppression of freedom”.
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