"Apple Daily must fight on", the front page headline read, amid fears the national security law amounts to an assault on freedom of speech in the semi-autonomous territory. "Yesterday will not be the darkest day for Apple Daily as the subsequent nuisances, suppression and arrests will continue to induce fear in us," it wrote in an editorial. "All Hong Kongers with a conscience have to support Hong Kong today, support Apple Daily." China's embassy in Britain responded by urging London to stop "using freedom of the press as an excuse to discredit" the national security law. It accused Britain of "supporting anti-China elements seeking to disrupt Hong Kong" and interfering in its internal affairs.

Source: bd News24 August 11, 2020 02:03 UTC