{"id":566406,"date":"2021-06-16T23:06:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T03:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=566406"},"modified":"2021-06-16T23:06:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T03:06:22","slug":"china-carries-out-yet-another-attack-on-press-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-carries-out-yet-another-attack-on-press-in-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"China Carries Out Yet Another Attack On Press In Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-carries-out-yet-another-attack-on-press-in-hong-kong%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=566406&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"45.525569402664\">\n<p>Chinese authorities in Hong Kong arrested five top executives at the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily on Wednesday in just the latest show of force against pro-democracy groups in the now-authoritarian city.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/05\/28\/hong-kong-autonomy-china-national-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dismantled<\/a> Hong Kong\u2019s longstanding democratic system in early 2020, and have since cracked down harder and harder on the remaining organizations in the city that support democracy. Apple Daily is a tabloid owned by Hong Kong billionaire Jimmy Lai, a longstanding opponent of Beijing and perhaps the country\u2019s leading advocate for democracy. Police raided the offices and arrested five executives on Wednesday, saying they had a warrant for the search and seizure of journalistic materials, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/hong-kongs-apple-daily-newspaper-says-police-arrest-five-directors-2021-06-16\/?taid=60cab27e35ede9000152c324&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a blatant attack on the editorial side of Apple Daily. They are arresting editors,\u201d Mark Simon, an adviser to Lai who is outside Hong Kong, told Reuters. \u201cThey\u2019re arresting the top editorial folks.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/16\/nyt-washington-post-press-freedom-groups-condemn-arrest-hong-kong-jimmy-lai-others-silent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: NYT, WaPo And Some Press Groups Condemn Arrest Of Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai \u2013 But Others Remain Silent)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7070539\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"38\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7070539\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7070539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1228521526-scaled-e1607704916957.jpg\" alt=\"Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai (C), facing charges of inciting others to participate in an unauthorised assembly commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing earlier this June 4, arrives at the West Kowloon court in Hong Kong on September 15, 2020. - Hong Kong activists denounced Baijing and called for democracy in a courtroom on September 15 as more than two dozen high profile campaigners appeared over a banned vigil to mark the Tiananmen Square crackdown. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE \/ AFP) (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1228521526-scaled-e1607704916957.jpg 2540w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-1228521526-scaled-e1607704916957-279x120.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1228521526-scaled-e1607704916957-620x267-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1228521526-scaled-e1607704916957-768x331-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1228521526-scaled-e1607704916957-1536x661-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1228521526-scaled-e1607704916957-2048x882-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2540px) 100vw, 2540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7070539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai (C), facing charges of inciting others to participate in an unauthorised assembly commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing earlier this June 4, arrives at the West Kowloon court in Hong Kong on September 15, 2020. \u2013 Hong Kong activists denounced Baijing and called for democracy in a courtroom on September 15 as more than two dozen high profile campaigners appeared over a banned vigil to mark the Tiananmen Square crackdown. (ISAAC LAWRENCE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lai himself has been repeatedly arrested, and was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-56770567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sentenced<\/a> to 14 months in prison in April for supporting pro-democracy protests in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tightened its grip on Hong Kong in March by enacting a law mandating that all lawmakers \u201celected\u201d in the city must be \u201cpatriots\u201d loyal to the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI firmly believe that by improving the electoral system and implementing \u2018patriots administering Hong Kong\u2019, the excessive politicization in society and the internal rift that has torn Hong Kong apart can be effectively mitigated,\u201d said Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, a Beijing ally, in a statement following the law\u2019s adoption, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2021-03\/30\/c_139846931.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to Xinhua News.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese authorities in Hong Kong arrested five top executives at the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily on Wednesday in just the latest show of force against pro-democracy groups in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893695,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-566406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}