Apple Daily, 26-year-old, Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy paper has announced its closure, in a blow to media freedom in the city.

The Chief Editor and five other executives were detained by police, and company-linked assets were frozen.
As a beacon of media freedom in the Chinese-speaking world, it is a widely read and supported by political dissents in Hong Kong.

Ironically, Chinese officials have repeatedly said media freedoms in Hong Kong are respected.