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Written by: Wen Weiguang
2021-05-16 23:49
Last update date: 2021-05-16 23:49
Recently, rumors about Next Media (282) and its "Apple Daily" will be banned.
On Friday (14th), the Security Bureau froze the shares of Next Media Co., Ltd. held by the founder of Next Media, Li Zhiying, and the property in local bank accounts of three companies owned by him in accordance with the Hong Kong National Security Act.
The mainland official media CCTV published a commentary today (16th), referring to Next Media and its "Apple Daily" as "an incitement platform and mobilization machine for anti-China chaos in Hong Kong." However, after Li Zhiying’s assets were frozen, " Apple Daily’s capital chain will be broken sooner or later, describing the end of this "rotten apple" as it is approaching.
Laughing at One Media's employees' behavior of "pressing the palace" is a state of "trees falling down and scattered"
The article pointed out that just a few hours after the Security Bureau issued a statement, the print edition of Taiwan’s "Apple Daily" had just announced that it would cease publication on May 18.
"Next Media and its "Apple Daily", as an incitement platform and mobilization machine for the anti-China chaos in Hong Kong, the end of the world (press: more, the same below) is getting closer." It was mentioned that on the 16th of last month, Lai Zhiying was sentenced to a total of 14 months in the two illegal assembly cases on 8.18 and 8.31 the year before. In less than one month, he immediately decided to freeze his property, which represented "it was set in the anti-China and chaotic Hong Kong forces headed by Li Zhiying. The legal rope around the neck is tightening."
The article praised Hong Kong’s national security agencies, including the Security Bureau, the police, and the courts, for “always safeguarding national security in accordance with the law” in the struggle against China’s turmoil in Hong Kong. On the other hand, the anti-China turbulence in Hong Kong’s forces are "frightened forever." To mock the One Media Labor Union’s recent "compression of the palace" incident, which refers to employees asking the management to send money to dismiss employees as soon as possible, which is "a state of utter failure."
The article also mentioned that after Li Zhiying’s property was blocked, he could no longer use funds, nor could he sell or transfer his assets. After the shares were frozen, he could not cash out through selling, nor could he obtain loans through mortgaged shares. Apple Daily "Sooner or later the capital chain will be broken.
According to CCTV, "Apple Daily" "wears the hat of the media and has been doing "pseudo-media" activities for a long time." At the beginning of its publication, it relied on gossip news and pornographic and violent content to attract attention and boost sales; The front page of the "Apple Daily" immediately turned into a "political poster", including events such as "Occupy Central" to the turmoil in the revision of the regulations.
The article also pointed out that Li Zhiying "pretends to fight for the United States. The Apple Daily is an outright incitement machine and a mobilization machine for the anti-China and Hong Kong forces. For more than 20 years, it has also been the biggest "brainwashing" machine for the anti-China and Hong Kong forces. It has harmed generations of Hong Kong youth."
CCTV mocked at the end of the article: "This'rotten apple' has finally come to the end after more than 20 years of harming Hong Kong. It can no longer hide under the umbrella of'freedom of the press' doing incitement and brainwashing dirty activities. For Hong Kong. Society, the main source of chaos, should have been completely eradicated in accordance with the law."
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