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Li Zhiying Arrested | Dissidents and Netizens' Reaction

2020-08-10T14:14:03.991Z


The National Security Department of the police arrested Li Zhiying, the founder of Next Media Group, his two sons, and four senior officials of Next Media Group, on suspicion of violating the "Hong Kong National Security Law" this morning (10th). Seven people were suspected of "colluding with foreign countries or dangerous foreign forces."


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Written by: Anzuna

2020-08-10 21:54

Last update date: 2020-08-10 22:00

The National Security Department of the police arrested Li Zhiying, the founder of Next Media Group, his two sons and four senior officials of Next Media Group on suspicion of violating the "Hong Kong National Security Law" this morning (10th). Seven people were suspected of "colluding with foreign countries or harming foreign forces." "National security crime", "conspiracy to defraud", "incitement" and other crimes. The Senior Superintendent of the National Security Service, Li Guihua, then took about 200 police officers to the One Media Building in Tseung Kwan O to conduct a search. Li Zhiying and the Chief Executive Officer of Next Media Zhang Jianhong were escorted back to the office for investigation. When they left, they took several boxes of exhibits.

As soon as the news of Li Zhiying's arrest and the search of the Next Media Building came out, netizens drew heated discussions. From the posts in various discussion areas, it can be seen that netizens with different political views reacted polarly to the police's actions, but there were opinions from different camps. One thing in common is that the incident may be related to the recent US sanctions against 11 officials in China and Hong Kong.

[Li Zhiying arrested] Li Zhiying, the founder of Next Media, wore handcuffs and was taken to the police station by police officers. (Photo by Luo Junhao)

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The arrest of Li Zhiying, his son, and several top leaders of One Media has become one of today’s major news. Since the news of the police action this morning, some netizens have posted posts in the discussion area to integrate the more anti-establishment Lian Deng discussion area As well as the opinions of netizens in the more pro-organized Hong Kong discussion area, it is obvious that netizens with different political opinions have polarized views on the incident. One thing in common is that the arrest of Li Zhiying and others is related to the recent US sanctions against Chinese and Hong Kong officials.

Popular discussion words related to "Li Zhiying's Arrest" in the Liandang forum post:

It can be seen from a post in the Lian Deng discussion area titled "Li Zhiying was arrested for colluding with foreign forces." Many netizens believe that Li Zhiying's arrest was an action taken by the SAR government or even the central government to counter the US sanctions against Chinese and Hong Kong officials. Obviously revenge is required. Therefore, in the word cloud (Word Cloud), "counter-control", "United States", "engage", "pull", etc. have all appeared more than 30 times, which is the most popular discussion word.

Secondly, netizens are concerned about the consequences that Next Media or each arrested person will face once the case enters the trial process under the national security law, such as whether the "Apple Daily" needs to sell, whether the office will be sealed up or not. Whether the trial can be conducted in public, etc., so "National Security Law", "Influence", "Hostage" and "Apple" are also hot topics of discussion.

Popular discussion words related to "Li Zhiying's Arrest" in Hong Kong forum posts:

In the Hong Kong discussion forum, netizens also posted posts with the topic "Allegations of colluding with foreign forces Li Zhiying and the second son being supplemented" and forwarded relevant news discussions. It can be seen from the word cloud that "sanctions", "poisonous fruit", "pull", "United States" and "traitors" are also popular discussions, reflecting that some netizens believe that Li Zhiying and others are colluding with foreign forces, so the police used The National Security Law investigates, and at the same time makes countermeasures to the US sanctions.

In addition, many netizens in the Hong Kong discussion forum praised the police's law enforcement, believing that this incident can "clear out foreign forces", and on the other hand, it would allow Hong Kong citizens and the international community to "look at the national security law system." Therefore, words such as "good", "congratulations", "fat" and "running dog" are also on the list.

Combining multiple fb pages, netizens’ reactions to posts related to "Li Zhiying’s Arrest":

On the other hand, the reporter of "Hong Kong 01" compiled a total of over a hundred Facebook pages from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. from each camp. Regarding the performance of "Li Zhiying"-related posts, he found that nearly half of the netizens included 354 posts. Giving "Angry" (Angry) as a response to a post surpassed the total number of "Like" (Like) reactions by nearly half, which shows that netizens are actively expressing their opinions.

Among more than 300 posts, the one that received the most "Pai Hua" from netizens was a post on the "Hong Kong Apple Daily" page about the arrest of Li Zhiying, his son and some of the top leaders of One Media, and received 30,674 "anger". There were only 3,149 "likes". The second most "angry" response was also the "Hong Kong Apple Daily" post, which received 29498 "angry" and 1657 "likes". The content of the post is about nearly 200 police officers entering the Next Media Building for investigation. Only reporters said that the police once refused to produce the warrant, and "entered the room without authorization, and even revealed the papers on the reporter's desk" when the lawyer was not present. The police later emphasized that they came to the scene with a warrant and seized news materials.

As for the posts that received the most "likes", it was "Stance News". After the police entered the Next Media Building for investigation, Chen Peimin, the vice president of "Apple Daily", said that "Apple Daily" will continue to publish news and the newspaper will publish as usual tomorrow. There were 24,831 "likes" in the posts of "," and only 32 "angers". Secondly, Huang Zhifeng’s personal fb page called on netizens, "Even if Tingri Apple only prints a stack of white paper, we will go to buy Tingri Japanese newspapers to make Apple Daily sell out of the market." He received 13,220 likes; "Help Hong Kong speak out" posted news that Li Zhiying and others were arrested, and there were as many as 7796 "likes". It can be seen that netizens give "likes" or "angry" depending on the content of the posts. It is not possible to judge whether netizens support police actions based solely on emotional reactions.

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All in all, netizens who hold different political opinions on the arrest of Li Zhiying and others have their own opinions, but both the "yellow" and "blue" camps agree that the arrest is similar to the recent US Treasury Department’s announcement of sanctions on 11 Chinese and Hong Kong officials. The action is related, and even bluntly it is a countermeasure by China or the SAR government. Netizens are also concerned that the case involves the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law, and there are many speculations or questions about the future investigation process and the trial.

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There are a total of 102 statistics in this article. From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on August 10, the performance of 354 posts about "Li Zhiying" and the number of netizens' interactions were posted on Facebook, and the above results were obtained. The pages included in the statistics include:

Hong Kong Apple Daily

Position news

Radio Television Hong Kong

Cable news

Huang Zhifeng

Help Hong Kong speak out

Hong Kong people

He Junyao

Tribute to Hong Kong Police

BBC Chinese Website (Traditional)

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