A Hong Kong court yesterday ordered the liquidation of Next Digital Ltd (壹傳媒集團), parent company of <i>Apple Daily</i>, delivering another blow to the pro-democracy newspaper after the local edition was shuttered in a crackdown on dissent. <i>Apple Daily</i> closed down in Hong Kong earlier this year after its assets were frozen using a National Security Law that China imposed on the territory, but it continues to publish in Taiwan. Its owner, media tycoon Jimmy Lai (黎智英), and multiple executives have been detained and charged with collusion for outspoken...