Hong Kong Officials, Beijing-Backed Media Threaten to Shut Apple Daily Newspaper

'Let’s stand tall in fallen times,' Apple Daily says

An employee checks the print quality of copies of the Apple Daily newspaper, published by Next Media Ltd., with a headline "Apple Daily will fight on" after media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily, was arrested by the national security unit, at the company's printing facility in Hong Kong, on Aug. 11, 2020. Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Pro-Beijing media and government officials in Hong Kong have set their sights on efforts to shut down local independent newspaper Apple Daily—one of the city’s few remaining free media outlets.

Apple Daily was founded by Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who on April 16 was sentenced to 14 months in prison for participating in Hong Kong’s mass anti-Beijing and pro-democracy protests in 2019.