bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

articlePageQuery

filter

article

articleBaseAdvertisingInfoArticle

articleListArticle

articleSeoArticle

helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle

hooksArticleAcknowledgementGateOverlayArticle

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

hooksContentInterestArticle

articleLinkingDataContent

hooksAmpRedirectArticle

articleSchemaContent

liveArticle

advertZone

sentiment

contentLock

topics

types

sections

moreOnThisArticles

urlAlias

commentCount

authorLocations

authors

corrections

sponsorType

displaySlideShow

multimediaEmbed

printHeadline

seriesContainer

socialHeadline

headline

flag

firstTopic

glossary

flattenTypeIds

publishedDate

additionalInfoBoxes

quizIds

images

image

relatedLinks

relatedNewsletters

__typename

createdDate

sponsor

paywallTypes

pdfFiles

seriesReverseOrder

series

disableOffPlatformContent

published

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

body

keywords

readingTime

customTimezone

liveContents

Clifford Lo

A 38-year-old man was in police custody last night after being arrested in connection with one of four recent attacks aimed at the Chinese-language newspaper Apple Daily.
The man was picked up in Yuen Long on Wednesday night on suspicion of arson and criminal intimidation.
A police spokeswoman said the man was suspected of being linked to the latest attack - the fourth in 11 days - in which three assailants threatened two people with knives in Edinburgh Place, Central, on Sunday, before burning copies of the newspaper.
The suspect is understood to be the owner of a car used in the attack.
 Police found the vehicle abandoned in Harbour Road, Wan Chai, about 24 hours after the incident.
According to a police source, the suspect claims not to have used the car since his business partner borrowed it last year. Investigators last night were trying to track down the partner, and a senior officer said more arrests could be made.
The suspect in custody is understood to have a criminal record involving handling stolen property and untaxed goods.
Police declined to say yesterday what role he was suspected of having played in the attack. Last night, the man was being held for questioning in Kowloon City police station and had not been charged.
It was the first arrest since the attacks started on June 19 - when attackers rammed a stolen car into the front gate of media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying's house in Mong Kok and left an axe and a machete in the drive. Lai (pictured) is chairman of Next Media, publisher of Apple Daily.
A week later, two knifemen threatened two delivery workers and torched bundles of the newspaper on board a truck in Hung Hom.
On Saturday, a machete was found outside the Next Media building in Tseung Kwan O.
Next Media has offered HK$1 million to track down the assailants and the mastermind behind the attacks.
The news group has been highly critical of post-handover Hong Kong governments and backs calls for more democracy.
Lai said on Sunday that he and his company would not be scared off by "childish acts" and the newspaper's editorial policy would not change.
 


Man, 38, held over Apple Daily attacks

More than 20,000 copies of Apple Daily were burned on Sunday. Photo: Sam Tsang

Jimmy Lai. Photo: SCMP Pictures

News

Hong Kong

First arrest since ramraiders left a machete on driveway of media tycoon's house. It marked the start of a campaign of threats and arson
