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Apple Daily editor and CEO denied bail in Hong Kong

Ryan Law and Cheung Kim-hung were among five executives arrested

Police said on Thursday dozens of the newspaper's articles were suspected of violating the national security law.   © Reuters

HONG KONG (Reuters) -- Two executives of Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, charged under a national security law, were denied bail on Saturday in a case that has drawn international condemnation and stoked fears over media freedoms in the financial hub.

Editor-in-chief Ryan Law 47 and chief executive officer Cheung Kim-hung 59 were among five Apple Daily executives arrested on Thursday when 500 police also raided the outlet's newsroom, which authorities described as a "crime scene."

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