Hong Kong police arrest Apple Daily editor, directors, block HQ

Police accuse five of ‘collusion with foreign forces’ in latest wave of arrests under National Security Law, with dozens of officers sent to media group’s headquarters.

Hong Kong Police arrested the editor in chief of the Apple Daily, the media group founded by jailed pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, and four other directors for alleged national security offences, in a series of early morning raids on Thursday, as dozens of police officers blocked access to the media group’s Hong Kong headquarters, Apple Daily said five of its directors, including Editor-in-Chief Ryan Law, Chief Executive Officer Cheung Kim-hung, Chief Operating Officer Chow Tat-kuen, Deputy Chief Editor Chan Puiman and Chief Executive Editor Cheung Chi-wai had all been arrested in morning raids. They are accused of “colluding with foreign forces”.