Hong Kong court orders Apple Daily parent firm to be wound up

Apple Daily closed down earlier this year after its assets were frozen. - Reuters

HONG KONG (AFP): A Hong Kong court on Wednesday (Dec 15) ordered the liquidation of the parent company of Apple Daily, delivering another blow to the pro-democracy newspaper after the local edition was shuttered in a crackdown on dissent.

Apple Daily closed down in Hong Kong earlier this year after its assets were frozen using a national security law that China imposed on the city, but it continues to publish in Taiwan.