HongKong

Apple Daily police raid: Hong Kong government adviser says journalists’ desks should be considered ‘private area’



A top government adviser and barrister said on Tuesday a journalist’s desk should be defined as a private area, and clarification should be sought during a police search, a day after a raid of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily.The raid followed the arrest of the tabloid-style newspaper’s founder, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, under the national security law, and sparked an outcry over its implications for press freedom.Ronny Tong Ka-wah also said a search warrant should be shown to the person in charge of an…



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