#WhiteTerror #Nikkei #NationalSecurityLaw
Hong Kong Police investigates a 2019 Advertisement on Japan's Nikkei for Contravening National Security Law
On August 10, 2020, Hong Kong police raided Apple Daily with a court warrant to investigate "crimes endangering national security", arresting the newspaper founder Jimmy Lai and Next Media's top management including the CEO.
On the same day, pro-democracy activists including Agnes Chow, Andy Li and Wilson Li were also arrested for "colluding with foreign forces".
According to AFP, Hong Kong police also went to Nikkei Asian Review’s office in Hong Kong. The police were reportedly armed with a court order to investigate an advert placed on the newspaper a year ago calling for international support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests and featuring the name of now-disbanded pro-democracy party Demosistō.
Similar newspaper advertisement ran in papers around the world and were paid by crowd-funding.
The AFP report pointed out that the Hong Kong police are using past words and deeds of the government critics to bolster investigations under the new security law, despite the fact that the legislation should not be applied retroactively.
Source: Stand News #Aug28
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/法新社-警搜查-蘋果-同日-3-警持手令搜-日經新聞-香港辦公室-涉去年眾志一則廣告/
#PoliticalOppression #Retroactive #FreedomofPress
#Japan
Hong Kong Police investigates a 2019 Advertisement on Japan's Nikkei for Contravening National Security Law
On August 10, 2020, Hong Kong police raided Apple Daily with a court warrant to investigate "crimes endangering national security", arresting the newspaper founder Jimmy Lai and Next Media's top management including the CEO.
On the same day, pro-democracy activists including Agnes Chow, Andy Li and Wilson Li were also arrested for "colluding with foreign forces".
According to AFP, Hong Kong police also went to Nikkei Asian Review’s office in Hong Kong. The police were reportedly armed with a court order to investigate an advert placed on the newspaper a year ago calling for international support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests and featuring the name of now-disbanded pro-democracy party Demosistō.
Similar newspaper advertisement ran in papers around the world and were paid by crowd-funding.
The AFP report pointed out that the Hong Kong police are using past words and deeds of the government critics to bolster investigations under the new security law, despite the fact that the legislation should not be applied retroactively.
Source: Stand News #Aug28
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/法新社-警搜查-蘋果-同日-3-警持手令搜-日經新聞-香港辦公室-涉去年眾志一則廣告/
#PoliticalOppression #Retroactive #FreedomofPress
#Japan