tojimmy lai and former executive with apple daily�*s parent company, next media. essentially, it's not up to us any more, it's up to the chinese communist party. they seem to be able to put a man in space but they can't tolerate somebody talking on the streets of hong kong about freedom and democracy. apple daily is the only opposition newspaper left in hong kong. this is the second raid on the paper, but the first time journalists have been arrested over national security law charges. the company's assets have now been frozen. but the journalists say they will continue on for as long as they can. the police came into apple daily�*s newsroom and confiscated editorial material. they had warrants to take away hard drives and computers. it left many here fearing thatjournalism itself is now under attack. the security minister spoke of the seriousness of the alleged crime. we are talking about a conspiracy in which the suspects tried to make use ofjournalistic work to collude