Jimmy Lai, the founder of Next Digital, and the Apple Daily companies are involved in a case of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces. The trial continued today (March 7), and the former chief editorial writer Yeung Ching-kee testified that his criteria for selecting articles for the commentary section included relevance to current social events and alignment with readers’ preferences, such as opposition to the extradition bill amendment and support for sanctions. However, after the implementation of the National Security Law, “everyone was guessing where the red line was,” so he “played close to the edge” in writing and selecting articles. The articles would no longer openly call for sanctions but would comment on events instead.
