Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, has printed its final edition yesterday after being the latest institution found breaching the national security law China introduced last year.
The newspaper was forced to close their doors after the government froze their assets last week and arrested five company executives.
Apple Daily’s founder and owner along with its editor-in-chief have been in jail since December last year for allegedly committing foreign collusion.
Unable to pay staff wages and operation costs, and wanting to protect the safety of their staff, the newspaper printed their last edition which sold one million copies.
United States president Joe Biden, says it was “a sad day for media freedom.”