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After Apple Daily went out of business: a well-known journalist arrested in Hong Kong

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Published: October 11th, 2021,
Last updated: September 7th, 2022

Another well-known journalist from the Apple Daily newspaper, which was recently forced to cease production, has been arrested in Hong Kong. Fung Wai Kong was detained at the Chinese Special Administrative Region’s airport on Sunday as he tried to leave Hong Kong, media reported on Monday. Apple Daily had last been published last week (China.Table reported) after Hong Kong authorities massively increased pressure on the paper, which is allied with the democracy movement.

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