Clampdown: Security Forces Arrest Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai, Vandalise Newspaper Offices
By Our Reporter
Media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested under Hong
Kong's national security legislation and his newspaper raided, as he was
accused of "colluding with foreign powers" in the most prominent
arrest since China imposed the controversial law just over a month ago.
Lai's Apple Daily reported that 10 police officers
arrived at the 72-year-old's home at about 7:00am (23:00 GMT on Sunday), and
later began livestreaming a raid on its headquarters by scores of police who
could be seen looking through piles of papers and reporters' desks.
Mark Simon, a senior executive at Lai's Next Media Group,
said on Twitter that the tycoon was "being arrested for collusion with
foreign powers at this time".
The police confirmed the arrest of seven people aged
between 39 and 72....