(ANSA) - HONG KONG, JUN 19 - In Hong Kong Ryan Law and CheungKim-hung, respectively director and CEO of Apple Daily, arrested Thursday in the police blitz at the headquarters of the independent newspaper, appeared today before a judge who denied them release on bail.
Judge Victor So justified the decision by arguing that there are insufficient reasons to believe that the two executives "do not continue to commit acts that would endanger national security".
Law and Cheung are accused of colluding with foreign forces to undermine state security, based on the controversial Beijing National Security Act introduced in Hong Kong at the end of 2020. local government, it is used for the first time to hit a media outlet.
The other three executives of the newspaper arrested Thursday in the raid of 500 agents at the newspaper's headquarters were granted release yesterday after payment of the bail. (HANDLE).
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