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Editorial:Apple Daily: past the point of no return

【明報專訊】Just like their founder, media boss Jimmy Lai, who has been in jail over multiple charges during the anti-amendment storm, Next Digital and Apple Daily are now facing a precarious situation. The newspaper will stop operation on Saturday (June 26) if its funds run out. Apple Daily's landing in today's situation is a result of political struggle. Although the authorities emphasise that the newspaper is involved in charges under the Hong Kong National Security Law (HKNSL) and the freezing of the company's assets is in accordance with the law, the actual effect of the authorities' move is indeed cutting off its cash flow, thus disabling its operation. Media organisations all take up different stances. Never should they be prosecuted for speech crime. However, when a media group has turned into a tool for political struggle and is no longer purely a news organisation, the final chapter of developments pushed to extreme will be a head-on clash of rival powers. The winner becomes king, and the loser, the outcast.

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