Newsroom raid has chilling effect on the press in Hong Kong

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Published on June 20, 2021 - Duration: 06:46s

Newsroom raid has chilling effect on the press in Hong Kong

Brian Stelter speaks with WSJ reporter Elaine Yu about the recent arrests at Apple Daily, a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong.

Then he interviews Mark Simon, assistant to Apple Daily chairman Jimmy Lai, who is also behind bars.

โ€œFolks, if you donโ€™t have a free press, you do not have a free society,โ€ Simon says.


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