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June 23, 2021

Hong Kong Newspaper Apple Daily Shuts Down Days After Police Raid Newsroom, Arrest Editors
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In Hong Kong, news outlet Apple Daily says it is shutting down, less
than a week after authorities raided its newsroom, arresting editors and
executives of the pro-democracy paper, and froze its accounts under the
sweeping national security law. Meanwhile, the trial for the first
person to be charged under the national security law started today. Tong
Ying-kit was arrested last year after he collided with police officers
while riding a motorbike and flying a flag with a popular protest
slogan.


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