Hong Kong pro-democracy paper unable to pay staff after asset freeze: aide ...Middle East

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HONG KONG: Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper warned Monday it is unable to pay staff and is at imminent risk of closure after the government froze the company's assets using a sweeping new national security law.Apple Daily has long been a thorn in Beijing's side, with unapologetic support for the city's pro-democracy movement and caustic criticism of China's authoritarian leaders.Its owner Jimmy Lai is in jail and was among the first to be charged under the security law after its imposition last year. Its chief editor and CEO have been detained and its finances frozen.Mark Simon, an aide to Lai, said the freeze order by the city's security chief last week had crippled the newsp

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