Lai’s company, Next Digital, publishes Apple Daily, a fiercely pro-democracy newspaper that regularly takes on the Hong Kong government and the Chinese leadership. He is often denounced by Chinese officials, pro-Beijing news outlets in Hong Kong and China’s state-run news media. Hong Kong police said in a tweet that so far, seven people had been arrested on suspicion of violating the national security law. His arrest Monday is his first under the new security law, which gives authorities broad powers to target what they view as secession, subversion, terrorist activities and collusion with foreign powers. That’s a new one, even for me.”c.2020 The New York Times Company

Source: bd News24 August 10, 2020 03:56 UTC