On 10 Aug 2020, Jimmy Lai, owner of pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, and his sons, along with numerous activists and journalists in Hong Kong were arrested for charges including "colluding with foreign forces", an offence under the under the draconian (嚴酷苛刻的) #NationalSecurityLaw. ​ The arrest was followed by an unprecedented (史無前例) raid (搜捕行動) on Apple Daily Headquarters, ​ which marked the death of press freedom (新聞自由) in Hong Kong. ​ ​ ​ ​ It is apparent that the media is now targeted and penalized for being critical against the government. ​ In the fight against government suppression (鎮壓) undermining (損害) human rights and freedom of speech, Hongkongers showed solidarity (團結) with Apple Daily by purchasing piles of copies, emptying newspaper racks across the city. ​ ​ 只要有人仍然願意相信真相​ 這個城市就不會被謊言擊敗​ ​ 成立這個 #英語教學 平台 ​ 不就是要鼓勵更多人勇敢發言嗎 希望你善用你的語言能力 ​ 為你所堅持的信念 ​ #勇敢發聲 Speak up. ​ Use your voice.​ Speak the truth. ​ ​ 謝謝 @BigheadsHK 提醒​ 記住從小學習牛頓與蘋果的故事： ​ 思考真相，探索真相，捍衛真相，繼續為真相發聲。 ​ ​ --- ​ ​ #我雖勢弱言輕決不虛作無聲​ 歌詞取自《虛作無聲》 原曲：Speechless【粵語版】 ​ See below for the full version of the music video:​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imjZ7aHZRuY 更正​： 🔸tabloid - A tabloid is a newspaper that has small pages, short articles, and lots of photographs. Tabloids are often considered to be less serious than other newspapers. 🔸broadsheet - Broadsheets are text led quality newspapers. The top broadsheets are The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian 💡 Do you think Apple Daily is a tabloid or a broadsheet? #missWrong ​ #一日一蘋果 #謊言遠離我 #真相接近我 #WeNeedAppleDaily #supportappledaily #freedomofspeech #pressfreedom ​#nationalsecuritylaw #hk #standwithHK #standwithHongKong ​#jimmylai #hongkongnews #黎智英被捕 #支持新聞自由 #良知 #公義 #hknews

Thank you Global Times: Majority in HK supports postponing LegCo elections: survey The US Department of the Treasury on Friday placed sanctions on 11 officials in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong for "undermining Hong Kong's autonomy". Ko Chung Kit Jacky, a Hong Kong resident, told the Global Times on Saturday that the action would not have an actual effect. "The unilateral sanctions have no legal power in Hong Kong and will not affect Hong Kong's economy," Ko said.   https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1197139.shtml

Nearly 200 Hong Kong police officers searched the Apple Daily office in Tseung Kwan O after Jimmy Lai, founder of its publisher Next Digital, was arrested over alleged foreign collusion under the city’s new national security law. The police team arrived at the newspaper’s office building at around 10 a.m. An Apple Daily reporter who was present said the police did not show any search warrant. The reporter also said that the legal grounds for the search were uncertain. But the police said on their Facebook page that officers had arrived at the premises of the newspaper with a search warrant to investigate alleged crimes undermining national security. Officers showed and explained the details of the search warrant to employees at the building and asked for their cooperation, according to the social media post. Lai later appeared at the Apple Daily office at about 10:55 a.m under the custody of police. He was handcuffed with his arms held behind. As he went inside a bathroom, some 50 police officers stood guard outside and cordoned off the area. Police also cordoned off the office premises, blocking other journalists as well as most Apple Daily staffers from entering, although some Apple Daily journalists who were already in the office were allowed to remain inside to record the goings-on. Officers were seen flipping through documents lying on employees’ desks. The 71-year-old Lai, his sons Timothy and Ian, and several members of the senior management of Next Media were arrested on Monday morning on suspicion of violating Article 29 of the national security law, which prohibits collusion with foreign forces, and other alleged offenses. Lai was taken away at 9:45 a.m from his home at Kadoorie Avenue in Kowloon. A total of seven people were arrested in the morning, sources said, including Royston Chow, Next Digital’s group chief operating officer, chief financial officer and executive director, who was led at around 10 a.m. from his home in South Horizons, Ap Lei Chau.