Hong Kong court denies bail to Apple Daily staff facing national security charges

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National security judge Victor So rejects the bail applications because there was not enough evidence to show the defendants 'will not commit further acts endangering national security.'

Four staff members from the now-closed pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper were denied bail in a Hong Kong court on Thursday, July 22, after they were charged with colluding with foreign forces under a national security law that has intensified fears over media freedoms.

The charges are the latest in a national security probe into media tycoon Jimmy Lai's newspaper, which folded after several hundred police raided its headquarters on June 17, freezing key assets and bank accounts.Police, who typically do not name people under investigation, said late on Wednesday they had charged four individuals, ages 51 to 57, including one who had been arrested earlier in the day.

The popular tabloid of staunch Beijing critic Lai printed its last edition on June 24 after the police raid and several staff arrests.

 

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Any criminals lets evidence front judge then start work .. .

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