Hongkongers have cleared the shelves of local pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, a day after police raided its newsroom and arrested five senior executives on suspicion of breaching the Beijing-enacted national security law. It is the second time in less than a year that the publication has been at the centre of a mass-buying display of solidarity following law enforcement action against it by the city’s authorities.
Further reading:
HKFP: ‘Cut ties with these criminals’: Hong Kong security chief warns reporters to shun Apple Daily detainees after raid, June 17, 2021
HKFP: ‘An act of justice’: Beijing hails arrest of 5 senior Apple Daily staff under security law, June 17, 2021
HKFP: ‘Very heartbreaking’: Hong Kong media reel as security law targets democracy paper’s reporting, June 18, 2021
HKFP: Two senior execs at Hong Kong’s Apple Daily formally charged with national security ‘conspiracy’, June 18, 2021
