the united states has described a raid by hong kong police on the pro—democracy newspaper, apple daily, as �*politically motivated'. five senior figures from the paper were arrested and are being held under security laws imposed by beijing. they include the editor in chief, ryan law. the newspaper has consistently opposed china's tightening grip on hong kong. the bbc�*s danny vincent is in hong kong. the police came in the early hours of the morning. 500 officers deployed to arrest five media executives, suspected of violating hong kong's new national security law. they surrounded the building. journalists inside continued live streaming the raid on their own paper. mark simon is an adviser tojimmy lai and former executive with apple daily�*s parent company, next media. essentially, it's not up to us any more, it's up to the chinese communist party. they seem to be able to put