Lai, who owns common tabloid Apple Each day, is an outspoken pro-democracy determine in Hong Kong and frequently criticizes China’s authoritarian
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Lai, who owns common tabloid Apple Each day, is an outspoken pro-democracy determine in Hong Kong and frequently criticizes China’s authoritarian rule.
The nationwide safety regulation got here into impact June 30 and is extensively seen as a method to curb dissent after anti-government protests rocked Hong Kong final yr.
Simon stated that police searched each Lai and his son’s dwelling, in addition to different members of media group Subsequent Digital, which Lai based.
Subsequent Digital operates the Apple Each day tabloid, which Lai based in 1995, forward of Britain’s handover of Hong Kong to China. Like Lai, Apple Each day has a powerful pro-democracy stance and infrequently urged its readers to participate in pro-democracy protests.
The safety regulation outlaws secessionist, subversive and terrorist acts, in addition to collusion with international forces within the metropolis’s inside affairs. The utmost punishment for severe offenders is life imprisonment.
Final month, Chinese language broadcaster CCTV stated pro-democracy activist Nathan Legislation and 5 others had been wished below the regulation, though all six had fled abroad. Legislation had relocated to Britain in July to proceed worldwide advocacy work for Hong Kong.