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HK ofc'l justifies arrest of elderly Catholic cardinal

Christy Leung, South China Morning Post
Updated as of May 24 11:26 AM

The arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen was in accordance with the law and had nothing to do with his role in the church, says security chief Chris Tang. Not acting in accordance with the law would go against Vatican’s principle of justice, Tang add. Read more »

China defends HK cardinal's arrest; Western alarm grows

Jerome Taylor, Su Xinqi and Florian Mueller, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 12 05:43 PM

China defended the arrest of a 90-year-old Catholic cardinal under Hong Kong's national security law, which triggered international outrage. Read more »

HK student jailed for allegedly inciting secession

Brian Wong, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 30 09:23 PM

A Hong Kong university student was allegedly advocating the city’s independence and resistance to the Chinese Communist Party on social media. Read more »

Hong Kong residents urged to embrace China integration

Tony Cheung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 09 10:47 AM

Senior Beijing officials have urged Hongkongers from all walks of life to play a more active role in supporting the city’s integration with mainland China and instilling a sense of national identity among the younger generation. Read more »

China blasts US over 'safe haven' for Hongkongers

Danny Mok, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 09 01:24 PM

US memorandum ‘blatantly defames and attacks the law of China on safeguarding national security in Hong Kong’, foreign ministry says. Read more »

HK nat'l security law: 1st person to stand trial found guilty of terrorism, inciting secession

Brian Wong, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 27 09:05 PM

The defendant was accused of ramming his motorcycle into three police officers while carrying a flag calling for the city’s liberation during the July 1, 2020 rally in Wan Chai. Judges ruled that Leon Tong intended to ‘incite others to commit secession by separating [Hong Kong] from the [People’s Republic of China]’. Read more »

3 HK universities make national security education compulsory for students

Chan Ho-him, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 27 06:59 PM

Students from at least three publicly funded Hong Kong universities will have to learn about national security as a compulsory requirement from the coming academic year.   Read more »

1 month since Apple Daily shut, concern over H.K. free press lingers

Caroline Tam, Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 25 07:59 AM

Saturday marked one month since Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily ceased operations after 26 years in circulation, with lingering concerns about the future of press freedom in the territory. Read more »

Children's tales of sheep and wolves incite sedition, HK police say

Donny Kwok and Sara Cheng, Reuters
Posted at Jul 22 11:01 PM

HONG KONG - Hong Kong police arrested five people on Thursday on sedition charges, saying that children's books they had published featuring wolves and sheep as characters were aimed at inciting hatred towards the city's government amongst youngsters. Read more »

China-US relations: Beijing threatens to deal ‘head-on’ blow after latest sanctions vs HK

South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 18 09:28 AM

China vowed to deal a “head-on blow” to the United States after it imposed more sanctions on mainland Chinese officials over Hong Kong and warned American companies of the hazards of doing business in the city.   Read more »

Boy, 15, likely to be charged under Hong Kong’s national security law, police source says

Clifford Lo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 13 08:49 PM

The teen could appear before West Kowloon Court as early as Wednesday, police source says. The schoolboy was among five people arrested on Monday during a series of raids over an alleged bomb plot. Read more »

5 arrested in fresh Hong Kong national security law raids

Clifford Lo and Victor Ting, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 12 01:56 PM

Four men and one woman were detained on Monday morning in Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin, Sau Mau Ping, and Wan Chai. Operation comes a week after nine people were arrested on suspicion of plotting to attack targets in city. Read more »

HK tycoon Jimmy Lai's Next Digital to stop operating from July 1 - memo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 05:58 PM

Hong Kong media group Next Digital, owned by jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai, will cease operating from July 1 after the company's assets were frozen as part of a national security investigation, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. Read more »

Hot off the press

Daniel Suen, AFP
Posted at Jun 24 06:36 PM

An Apple Daily journalist holds freshly-printed copies of the newspaper's last edition to be distributed to supporters gathered outside their office in Hong Kong early on Thursday as the pro-democracy tabloid was forced to close after 26 years under a sweeping new national security law.  Read more »

Lights out at Apple Daily: Hongkongers queue for hours to buy newspaper’s last issue

South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jun 24 03:40 PM

Hongkongers rushed overnight to buy one of a million copies of Apple Daily’s last-ever edition, which hit the streets in the early hours of Thursday to close the final chapter of the tabloid-style newspaper’s 26 years in business.   Read more »

Hong Kong's embattled daily to run last print edition June 24 - sources

Clifford Lo and Lilian Cheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 23 06:18 PM

The move follows the morning arrest of lead editorial writer Yeung Ching-kee, 55, under the national security law. Parent company Next Digital had warned the tabloid’s closure was imminent if HK$18 million in assets was not unfrozen by the Security Bureau. Read more »

Spotlight on HK’s Apple Daily columns amid debate on alleged national security law breach

Chris Lau and Jeffie Lam, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 19 03:46 PM

Hong Kong’s Apple Daily has published at least 17 commentaries by founder Jimmy Lai Chee-ying since 2019, with at least 4 touching on foreign sanctions, a Post study has found.   Read more »

Hong Kong pro-democracy media executives appear in court

Yan Zhao and Su Xinqi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 19 11:45 AM

Two executives from Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily appeared in court on Saturday charged with collusion after authorities deployed a sweeping security law to target the newspaper, a scathing critic of Beijing. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 17, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:15 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Arrests of media people in Hong Kong

Anthony Wallace, AFP
Updated as of Jun 17 05:40 PM

Apple Daily editor-in-chief Ryan Law is escorted by police to a waiting vehicle outside the entrance of the Apple Daily newspaper offices in Hong Kong on June 17, 2021.  Read more »