media crackdown

The paper’s average daily circulation increase from approximately 86,000 copies to 500,000 overnight. (AFP)

Hong Kong newspaper increases print fivefold after arrests

  • Hong Kong's Apple Daily prints increased fivefold after the police arrested five top editors and executives.
  • On Thursday, police raided the offices of the pro-democracy newspaper, arrested five people and froze $2.3 million worth of assets.
By AP ·