Hong Kong Police Raid Private Office of Media Tycoon Lai, Executive Says

Hong Kong Police Raid Private Office of Media Tycoon Lai, Executive Says
Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily, arrives at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, in Hong Kong, China, on Sept. 3, 2020. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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Hong Kong police have raided the private office of media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, according to a senior executive at Lai’s Next Digital and Apple Daily.

Mark Simon told the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) that 14 police officers raided Lai’s private office in Kowloon Millennium City on Oct. 15 after presenting a search warrant. He said the raid was connected to the police’s investigation into Lai’s private companies.