On June 17, Hong Kong police raided Apple Daily’s offices and arrested five senior members of staff TRENDING TODAY Apple Daily was a tabloid-style newspaper published in Hong Kong from 1995-2021, and was one of the best-selling Chinese language papers in HK. After authorities froze the assets of the company, Apple Daily was unable to pay wages and had to cease operations. The Drum finds out what this means for the future of media in Hong Kong. Apple Daily was established in 1995 in Hong Kong, and since its birth the paper has always been a voice for freedom and democracy by being regularly critical of Beijing and China’s central government.