22 Jun 2021

Hong Kong's Apple Daily closes its English language website

From Lately, 10:35 pm on 22 June 2021

Hong Kong's top pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, has closed its English language website operation. The chief executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, has defended what's widely seen as a sustained crackdown on freedom of speech in the city, saying the media shouldn't downplay acts that endanger the national security law imposed by China. Karyn speaks with Tom Grundy is the Editor-in-Chief of the Hong Kong Free Press.

Police officers leave the Apple Daily newspaper offices in Hong Kong on June 17, 2021.

Police officers leave the Apple Daily newspaper offices in Hong Kong on June 17, 2021. Photo: AFP / Anthony Wallace