what does the papers face tell us about the future of hong kong? the all this isn't a normal day at the office for poon. the 30 year old journalist has just learned that the newspaper he worked for for a decade would close at midnight. all day. i'm on hold, we just received notice that apple daily will publish its final edition tonight. so i'm rushing back to the office, although i still have a report pending publication with see if i can make it today. although we're prepared for it ending, it still feels unreal. hi jojo. that morning, another staff member from apple daily, an editor, aerial writer, was arrested under hong kong national security law. it was imposed by beijing to outlaw act of some versions of session collusion and terrorism punishable by up to

life in prison. all the people we know media workers are at risk, especially those from apple daily. all day. it's kind of expected, but journalists are human to that. what we don't want it to happen. poon is joined by harry, a photo journalist who's worked for apple daily for 7 years. what's your last assignment today? none, i'm of judy. i didn't expect things to in today. i regret that none of my photos will be in the final edition with what i understand. all the freezing of its assets made it almost impossible for apple daily to continue operating or even to pay it. staff bubble here's. i'm bringing my own camera with me to document the historical moment. the ending is not ideal, but i understand the decision made by management because they care a lot about our safety for higher hold on

the as nightfall. more and more supporters come to bid a sentimental farewell. it's not just the paper that's coming to an end. all it's online content will also no longer be accessible in a few hours time book. i'm go home itself. so i run a dog so many people read the newspaper and even traveled all the way out here to support us. but in the end, the only reason that forced apple daily to shot was government pressure, or it breaks my heart even more hold on hold for both i go. my last report was to test preservative and fast food. it was published on the website that night and i couldn't be added to the print edition and there was no more room on my report, survived for 3 hours and then vanished all. so we couldn't do much on the last day late, but during the last few hours we were still journalists,

we fulfilled our duties to continue reporting on. you know, perhaps we won't find anywhere else is free to report here. all the also i haven't kept any printed record of my previous report. well, we want to. all of them had vanished. i don't think, but it's not enormous pity for me personally. i only lost a little. she hung on, but the whole of hong kong had locked numerous important pieces of news and history, as well as a large group of journalists, deijani. and that's what's most regretable. google was something away from. 1000000 copies of apple daily's final edition were published a record high in this city of 7500000 people. the popular paper just marked its 26th anniversary 3 days before its closure. founded shortly before the former british colony was handed over to china. apple daily had long been seen as an indicator of hong kong free speech under painting through. but it was also an

outspoken thorn in the authority side. it's founder jimmy ly is currently in jail for organizing illegal protests and charged with collusion under the smithy national security law. last year we spoke to him right after police 1st rated apple daily's newsroom. i was saying with the ship, because this space gave me everything. you know, i mean, death to this phrase. i'm very grateful to the what the say that given me, i told them that consider your own safety, your conscience. and you operate ation to that society. we are not asking you to be the marker was, you know, do whatever you think is the right thing to do. so we would just continue to do it and test the water. his media empire did carry on, but was constantly tested a week before its closure. apple daly was dealt another blow. 5 executives were arrested reporters,

computers were seized on that night. the remaining editorial board continued publishing. the massive raid was front page news than the government pros. it's assets putting the papers very survival at risk. even worse, 2 executives were brought to court for conspiracy of collusion with dozens of apple daily article cited as evidence. by things young. suddenly our editor in chief became a suspect. we saw him in court on the wall. i'd never imagined a reporter having to undergo this night during the court hearing on that day, we realized that reports and commentaries we once deemed ordinary. we're now problematic hope hope things are going on, so i love how it impacted us. a lot. one, how can the remaining freedom of press and expression protect someone? yeah, we were frustrated on that day bold already man. a journalists can hardly for protection since then. i thought the whole so use and red lines are everywhere which are not

the 2 on the scene. i. so i go hide teaching blamed opposition, media for the mass protests in hong kong, and vowed to clamped down on what it called subversive dissidence. even month before its closure, rumors and threats of shutting down apple daily had struck fear into its journalists. some left, others chose to stay until the bitter end including boon and harry. so are i seize every last opportunity to perform my duty when it comes on. even before its closure, reporters for opposition media like apple daily, already encountered many restrictions just a day before the newspaper closed, harry was on his last photo assignment outside the court. all report this movements are monitored by the police officer and this good for reporting had changed

fundamentally when the government classifies you as opposition, media often exclude you from certain press events and information. therefore, court news and our own interviews a, some of the few things we can still cover and the climate has become totally different in the wake of the protests. in the past, we could shoot freely, but now there are always metal barriers everywhere. always are just 2 days later, harry's life has been turned upside down. he's no longer a photo journalist. this gear, which helped him to record many historical occasions, has to be returned to the now defunct newspaper outlet. well, i can't get used to it. i feel empty woodall, there are so many uncertainties ahead, so many question marks in my head. i haven't been like this for a long time, or they're hung and using hong kong makes me feel really exhausted and powerless.

every time i shoot in the field, there's a great sense of powerlessness. we're hot, there's nothing else i can do more for you, i want to come in as a photo journalist, i witnessed the collapse of hong kong and it's most frustrating era. once the most vocal critic in china, the unprecedented death of apple daily raises and other pressing question. who's next? the domino effect it triggered intensifies the chill. a number of opposition media outlets have removed, commentaries, suspended service or even left hong kong. yet another editor from the now shot apple daily was arrested at the airport when he tried to leave the like a soccer. i didn't think it was. i was like the chinese proverb says, with apple daily's like the sacrificial animal. the slaughter to intimidate the

other farm animals and make them obey god, how pessimistic they sold. the stakes are high when get caught. we also wonder whether a previous reports will cause us trouble getting home language, but we can't be fearful. as long as we work in line with journalist to conduct a towards our meeting again or to do what i had the chance to enjoy the last light of press freedom. every journalist is under pressure. i think a lot i haven't come up with the conclusion of whether i can still be a reporter. i'm guilty. even if i can, it will be very difficult to know. this is the 1st time they've met since apple daily closed out. it felt so strange to have nothing to do yesterday on such a busy day for all reporters. i learned a few of their former colleagues are now on social media to continue reporting as independent journalists. but many are

quitting the industry. how are the photo journalists doing? so, these are some plan to get a text license in b drive is not shooting anymore. it's hard to find another liberal platform called an independent journalist must bear all the risk and consequences on their own designs on the pressure and burden are different going on, like poli powerful. yes. in hong kong, nowadays, any article control various accusations, it could be a huge risk by this shooting photo safer. so who knows? maybe a photo could also be blamed as incitement. hong kong detour from democracy has forced them to put the brakes on their journalistic endeavors. does it also spell the end of freedom of the press in their home city?

all of them. i don't think hong kong press freedom has died than although with seriously wounded things all say and we're being all i've witnessed the change of hong kong from a place with free speech where there is basically no taboo for journalists to a place filled with red line. is for the whole, you know, how, okay, with all the theme, many opinions and acts are now prohibited by august. and it's not only me as a journalist that witnesses it, but all hong kong or she hung on my. if i didn't think i will get like hong kong itself. poon and harry are at a crossroads and there's no clear path ahead. so he faces an uncertain future and says he's done his best and has no record. john's welcome will be with the me

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