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Hong Kong’s Apple Daily editorial writer arrested at airport

People walk past China national flags and Hong Kong flags for the celebration of 24th anniversary of Hong Kong handover to China at a shopping district in Hong Kong, Sunday, June 27, 2021. Fung Wai-kong, an editorial writer of the now-defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was arrested at the airport on Sunday night while attempting to leave the city, local media reported Sunday. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) FILE - In this Thursday, June 17, 2021, file photo, police officers escort Cheung Kim-hung, center, CEO and Executive Director of Next Digital Ltd at Apple Daily headquarters in Hong Kong. Fung Wai-kong, an editorial writer of the now-defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was arrested at the airport on Sunday night, June 27, 2021, while attempting to leave the city, local media reported Sunday. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) FILE - In this Thursday, June 17, 2021, file photo, a police officer stands guard outside the Apple Daily headquarters in Hong Kong after arresting the chief editor and four other senior executives of the newspaper under the national security law on suspicion of collusion with a foreign country to endanger national security. Fung Wai-kong, an editorial writer of the now-defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was arrested at the airport on Sunday night, June 27, 2021, while attempting to leave the city, local media reported Sunday. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)