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The death of free speech in Hong Kong 4 min. today at 09:00 Such publications [as Apple Daily] are usually seen as the unfortunate price to be paid for the right to free speech, writes Ian Buruma Such publications [as Apple Daily] are usually seen as the unfortunate price to be paid for the right to free speech, writes Ian Buruma Apples line a table in homage to the now shut down Hong Kong Apple Daily newspaper Photo credit: AFP The Hong Kong newspaper  Apple Daily has been forced to close. On the day it was shuttered, people queued to buy one last copy; a million were printed. The paper was doomed since last year, when China’s Communist government imposed a harsh National Security Law on Hong Kong. Its offices were raided by the police. Its journalists were threatened with violence. Its assets were frozen. Salaries could no longer be paid. Senior editors and a chief columnist were arrested.

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