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Taiwan Condemns the Forced Closure of Apple Daily

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Taiwan Condemns the Forced Closure of Apple Daily
A supporter holds a poster of the Apple Daily newspaper logo outside the media company's office building in Hong Kong in the early hours of June 24, 2021. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images
Dorothy Li
6/25/2021|Updated: 6/25/2021

On Thursday, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and legislators condemned the forced closure of the pro-democratic Apple Daily in Hong Kong, slamming the move as suppression of freedom of speech.

Tsai said on Facebook that she was “deeply saddened” by the forced silence of Apple Daily after its tycoon and executives were arrested and assets frozen under the Beijing-imposed national security law in Hong Kong.
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