Apple Daily published it’s final issue

By | June 24, 2021

Hong Kong’s Apple Daily published it’s final issue – a million copies of the last print.

#Hongkongers rushed overnight to buy the very last issue of the 26 years old tabloid-type newspaper.

Apple Daily shut off its website and erased all its social media platforms after the Hong Kong authorities froze its assets. PHOTO: REUTERS

Apple Daily is forced to close down after their bank accounts were frozen by the Hongkong government for infringing the Beijing-enacted National Security Law, which allegedly called for sanctions against Beijing and Hong Kong government.

The paper’s office were raided by around 500 police officers a week ago, right after the arrest of 5 executives.

Police raiding of Apple Daily. Photo: Apple Daily / AP
Apple Daily headlines that condemned the enactment of the National Security Law. Photo: AP

Perhaps this is what the death of democracy looks like.

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