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Following a recent raid by security officials, the arrest of senior staff and an asset freeze, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily announced on Monday, June 21, that its closure is imminent.After months of pressure, the hammer fell on June 17, when 500 police swarmed Apple Daily’s office, arresting five executives and seizing $2.3 million in Apple's assets, leaving the paper unable to pay its staff.On Wednesday, June 23, a columnist for the paper was also arrested, on suspicion of conspiring to collude with a foreign country
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