Now Playing And even more shocking, you had, you know, dozens and dozens of uniformed police officers entering Apple Daily, his newspaper, going into the newsroom floor and just surrounding the place using orange tape to kind of block the journalists from going to their own desks, lining up journalists, making them show ID cards, basically trying to stop journalists from actually filming what was going on, although some very brave ones continued to film, so we were able to see it live. On Air Share prices for Next Media surged 300% within hours of his arrest, as pro-democracy supporters urged each other online to support the company. Child cases surged 40% in the last half of July. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, center, is arrested by police officers at his home in Hong Kong on Monday. I mean, the national security law, which really only came into effect a little over 40 days ago, has changed the dynamic here. Apple Daily has supported Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and criticized the government. So it's a really - it's really a kind of a frightening new prospect here for journalists to operate.SHAPIRO: You're already referring to the free press in the past tense.
You know, they went to his house. He's been at the forefront of a lot of protest movements, at the annual Tiananmen Square vigils, which mark the 1989 massacre of pro-democracy students by Beijing People's Liberation Army troops. So he's drawn the ire of Beijing while at the same time kind of becoming a bit of a hero to the pro-democracy forces here.SHAPIRO: It sounds like his arrest was designed for maximum impact. He's been out at the forefront.
And even more shocking, you had, you know, dozens and dozens of uniformed police officers entering Apple Daily, his newspaper, going into the newsroom floor and just surrounding the place using orange tape to kind of block the journalists from going to their own desks, lining up journalists, making them show ID cards, basically trying to stop journalists from actually filming what was going on, although some very brave ones continued to film, so we were able to see it live.
Can you describe how police carried it out?RICHBURG: Absolutely it was designed for maximum impact. Rep. Ilhan Omar faces a tough challenge in her Minnesota district, and in Georgia, GOP leaders try to stop a controversial House candidate from becoming the nominee. Lai Chee-Ying (Chinese: 黎智英), known professionally as Jimmy Lai, is a Hong Kong entrepreneur. Jimmy Lai is a Hong Kong entrepreneur and owner of one of the island's largest media companies. This used to be a place where we believed in the free press and where journalists could kind of operate relatively freely. This is something that we never thought we would see here in Hong Kong, and it's come a lot faster, a lot swifter, in a lot more stern measure than we ever thought was - would be possible here.SHAPIRO: Keith Richburg is director of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong.RICHBURG: Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. Politics is dead in Hong Kong. National security trials can be held in secret. Now Playing The police are in charge.
Published August 10, 2020 at 1:48 PM MDT
It really does. It sounds dramatic to say it, but you have to say free press as we knew it in Hong Kong is dead. They have basically erased the border between Hong Kong and China. Police in Hong Kong have arrested one of the most prominent pro-democracy figures there. So it's a really - it's really a kind of a frightening new prospect here for journalists to operate.SHAPIRO: You're already referring to the free press in the past tense.
Politics is dead in Hong Kong. Hong Kong police arrested Lai and […]
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