Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, the founder of Hong Kong tabloid-style newspaper Apple Daily, was released on bail in the early hours of August 12, 2020, more than 40 hours after he was arrested. Police also released 23-year-old political activist Agnes Chow Ting just before midnight. They were among 10 people arrested under a new national security law imposed in the city by Beijing on June 30. Chow called her arrest “political prosecution”. The others in the group arrested in an August 10 police…
