Rebecca Davis editorFive hundred Hong Kong police officers raided the offices of pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on Thursday.
Five of the outlet’s top executives were arrested, its accounts were frozen, and the public was warned not to repost its articles online, in what is the strongest blow yet to the territory’s media freedoms.The strike marks the first time that authorities have accused specific media articles of violating the controversial National Security Law (NSL) imposed by Beijing last summer, as well as one of the most aggressive deployments of the new legislation so far.A police squadron of around 500 entered Apple Daily’s newsroom with a warrant they said afforded them the power to “seize journalistic materials” and rifle.
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