Death of Free Press Spells the End of a Free Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai Adviser
After decimating Hong Kong’s free press by forcing the closure of pro-democracy outlet Apple Daily, the Chinese communist regime will face little resistance in its bid to completely take over the city, warned Mark Simon, the newspaper’s senior executive. “Once you’ve let the genie out of the bottle, it’s not going to sit there. They are […]
After decimating Hong Kong's free press by forcing the closure of pro-democracy outlet Apple Daily, the Chinese communist regime will face little resistance in its bid to completely take over the city, warned Mark Simon, the newspaper’s senior executive. “Once you've let the genie out of the bottle, it's not going to sit there. They are going to keep going as fast as they want,” Simon said in an interview. Simon, a senior executive of 21 years at Apple Daily’s parent company Next Digital, spoke to The Epoch Times on June 24, the 26-year-old paper's last day of publication. From midnight, supporters had lined up at newsstands across the city, sometimes in drizzling rain, waiting to get the last edition of Apple Daily. The outlet sold out at 1 million copies, more than 10 times its usual distribution of 80,000. The front page of the last issue pictured a staff member ...
