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because of the threat to journalism. the same has happened to australian journalists in mainland china. so, the same is happening again in hong kong. apple daily is owned by prominant pro democracy supporterjimmy lai. you might remember these pictures of his arrest in december. here is mr lai paraded through the newsroom in handcuffs. he s a staunch critic of china and is in prison on a string of charges relating to the 2019 protest movement. he s also facing charges for violating the national security law. the law was introduced last year in response to massive pro democracy protests in hong kong. it essentially reduces hong kong s judicial autonomy and made it easier to punish demonstrators from the pro democracy movement. it criminalises any act of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces. critics say it undermines freedom of assembly and speech and some democratic rights. however, beijing argues the law will bring stability. this is thought to be first tim

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