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HK pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily increases production after police raid

FRANCE24, 18 Jun 2021
#HongKong pro-democracy #tabloid #AppleDaily increased its Friday press run after 500 #police officers #raided its newsroom the previous day and seized reporting materials as part of a probe into whether articles threatened China's national security. Police arrested five executives, including Apple Daily's chief editor, at dawn on Thursday and froze HK$18 million ($2.32 million) of assets owned by three companies linked to the paper before cordoning off the building.

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