The first one saw several protesters arrested the next day, as they staged a demonstration.Other activists, like Mr Law, fled the city before the security law came into force. The Hong Kong business tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested along with other pro-democracy and media figures, raising fears of a broad crackdown by China. The newspaper tycoon has long been a thorn in China’s side. But the law's key provisions include that crimes of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces are punishable by a maximum sentence of life in prison.It makes it easier to punish protesters, and reduces Hong Kong's autonomy. Hong Kong: US imposes sanctions on chief executive Carrie Lam Hong Kong postpones elections for a year 'over virus concerns' Hong Kong bars 12 opposition candidates from election They put Mrs Lam into a small band of leaders that America thinks awful enough for punishment, including Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. "The national security law is quashing the freedom of our society, spreading politics of fear," he said.The sight of nearly 200 police officers raiding the newsroom of Apple Daily, the biggest pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong, is a shocking one for many here and a sign that things are changing rapidly.One Apple Daily employee told me that his colleagues were calm and had seen this coming when the National Security Law was passed. "Jimmy Lai is being arrested for collusion with foreign powers at this time," Mark Simon wrote on Twitter. Then as now, the party had economic levers to pull in reprisal. Police says he is also arrested for committing fraud. From the point of view of his relations with Beijing, he could not have plumped for a worse industry to manage this transition: the media. Police said further arrests are possible as an Apple Daily source told Reuters their office and houses of several employees were being searched.Beijing passed a new national security law in June, which allowed it to tackle anti-government protests in Hong Kong. A poor boy from Guangdong province, he arrived in Hong Kong in 1960 aged 12 as a stowaway, and worked himself up from factory hand to manager to entrepreneur to tycoon, through his clothing chain, Giordano.The bloody end in 1989 to pro-democracy protests in Beijing turned him into a prominent critic of the Chinese Communist Party. Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily has increased its production and vowed to keep operating after police raided its headquarters and arrested its founder, Jimmy Lai, on Monday.
His tent was a hospitable port of call for journalists covering the ultimately failed movement. But in 1994 he went further, insulting Li Peng, then China’s prime minister, personally as a “turtle’s egg [bastard] with zero IQ” and “the shame of the Chinese nation”. The paper has said it will get today's issue out on time but if its flamboyant owner is silenced it is unclear whether it will survive. Last week, the US announced sanctions against 11 Chinese officials, including Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, accusing them of curtailing the city’s autonomy and violating the rights of its citizens amid the anti-Beijing protests there.© Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “TV-Novosti”, 2005–2020.
On July 14th Mr Trump revoked the territory’s special trading status with America, on the grounds that it no longer enjoyed sufficient autonomy from China. Mr Lai, as he has often acknowledged, had it coming.Sign up to our free daily newsletter, The Economist todayJimmy Lai’s arrest in Hong Kong is the latest blow to free speechWhy TV shows made in China’s Hunan province are so popular Scores of police were seen entering the offices Apple Daily and Mr Lai was led through the offices in handcuffs. The repression of anti-government figures under the new law has been swift and hard.
"I call on the international community to take immediate action. Mr Law is currently in the UK but media reports are suggesting that A minute's silence has been held exactly a week after an explosion ripped through Lebanon's capital. Jimmy Lai, founder of the newspaper Apple Daily, arrives at a court in Hong Kong on July 30 in connection with the June 4 Tiananmen massacre memorial. For reprint rights: Times Syndication ServiceHong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under security lawShocking: Hearing and speech impaired minor girl abducted, gang-raped in Rajasthan's Dausa 'SSR's ex-manager Disha's body was not found naked' Interview with Table Tennis Champion Harmeet Desai Shefali Sood talks about her preparations for Miss Supranational 2019 Grocery shopping tips to stay safe amid coronavirusFace shields for an added protection when you step out of your homeWebcams with built-in mic for easy vlogging and conferencing
All this was galling enough to China’s rulers. Arrested for alleged foreign collusion, he is so far the highest-profile arrested after national security law was inserted by Beijing.
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