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State-owned Hong Kong convenience store chain stops selling Apple Daily newspaper, weeks after founder Jimmy Lai arrested under security law
- VanGO will no longer sell tabloid-style publication that has been highly critical of Beijing
- Editor-in-chief Ryan Law says move will obstruct free flow of information in city
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A state-owned convenience store chain in Hong Kong stopped selling the Apple Daily newspaper on Friday, more than two weeks after the tabloid-style publication’s founder Jimmy Lai Chee-ying was arrested on suspicion of breaching the national security law.
Confirming VanGO’s decision to remove the newspaper from its shelves, Ryan Law Wai-kwong, editor-in-chief of Apple Daily, which has been strongly critical of Beijing, said the move would obstruct the free flow of information in Hong Kong.
“It would do absolutely no good to Hongkongers’ right to know,” he told the Post, adding it remained uncertain what prompted the decision.
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Vango, which has more than 30 stores in Hong Kong, is owned by the China Resources Group.
Apple Daily reported that its circulation staff were only told the convenience store would stop selling the newspaper when they sent over copies of Friday’s edition.
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Around 1,000 copies were affected and were sent to other selling points, the newspaper said.
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