company, the electricity company, the water company, the phone bills. no choice. and now. company, the phone bills. no choice. and now, apple daily is shouting. all of which to the uk, the us, and many other countries looks an awful lot like an attack on freedom of speech. not so, says carrie lam. translation: speech. not so, says carrie lam. translation: what we are dealing with is neither translation: what we are dealing with is neither a translation: what we are dealing with is neither a news translation: what we are dealing with is neither a news outlet - with is neither a news outlet problem nor a news reporting problem stop its a suspicious act of endangering national security. so our action is not attacking press freedom just because the suspect or organisation is a news organisation. we know that jimmy lai will not see the end of apple we know that jimmy lai will not see the end of apple daily we know that jimmy lai will not see the end of apple daily this - we k
have acted so strongly against this particular newspaper? particular newspaper? apple daily has alwa s particular newspaper? apple daily has always been particular newspaper? apple daily has always been a particular newspaper? apple daily has always been a thorn - particular newspaper? apple daily has always been a thorn in - particular newspaper? apple daily has always been a thorn in the - particular newspaper? apple daily. has always been a thorn in the side of the hong kong and beijing governments as one of the most active and pro democracy newspapers in hong kong. the authorities say the latest arrests are to do with the latest arrests are to do with the laws specifically they accuse the laws specifically they accuse the newspaper of endangering national security by, in their words, colluding with foreign forces by calling for sections on hong kong. they have not specified which reports, and the government has been criticised from not making it clear howjournalist criticised
not been targeted by the government. the company said in view of staff members safety. it was deciding. to cease operation immediately after midnight . as that deadline passed, supporters gathered outside the newspapers offices, waving the lights on their phones and chanting apple . the newspaper s employees gathered on the roof of the building, and shone their lights back. in the end apple daily was always always unlikely to have survived the sustained pressure upon it and the democracy movement by hong kong s authorities. mark clifford sits on the board its parent company next digital. this is how he puts it. free press, free assembly, free speech, all of these things are being destroyed and strangled in hong kong. it feels a bit like you are being squeezed by a boa constrictor, and you know the end is coming but the snake just can t stop squeezing. let s speak to the bbc s helier cheung. why do you think the authorities
we saw the law in action. on the 10th of august last year, police raided michael on s headquarters. one s. apple daily put the raid on its front page. this was the chinese justification for the raid. translation: justification for the raid. translation: ., ., , ., , translation: hong kong is a society ruled by iaw- translation: hong kong is a society ruled by law. everyone translation: hong kong is a society ruled by law. everyone is translation: hong kong is a society ruled by law. everyone is equal- ruled by law. everyone is equal before the law, no one has extralegal play villages and no institution is beyond the reach of the law. no rights and freedoms, including the freedom of the press, can go beyond the bottom line of national security. can go beyond the bottom line of national security. national security above all else national security. national security above all else - national security. national security above all else - a national security. national securi
activities against hong kong. the da after activities against hong kong. the day after that activities against hong kong. the day after that raid, this was the front page of apple daily. staff had used their phones to put the paper together after their computers had been seized by police. as well as their computers being taken, the assets of the newspaper were frozen. here s a board member of apple daily s parent company on the impact that s had a. irate daily s parent company on the impact that s had a- that s had a. we cannot pay payroll at this point that s had a. we cannot pay payroll at this point because that s had a. we cannot pay payroll at this point because our that s had a. we cannot pay payroll at this point because our assets - at this point because our assets have at this point because our assets have been at this point because our assets have been frozen, are editor in chief have been frozen, are editor in chief inns have been frozen, are editor in chief i