Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefHong Kong police on Wednesday arrested and detained another senior editor from the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily.The police confirmed in a statement that the man was arrested by its National Security department and said that he was suspected of collusion with a foreign country to endanger national security.He was not named by the police, but local media have identified him as Lee Man-chung, executive editor-in-chief of Apple Daily.
He is the eighth Apple Daily staff member to be arrested after an initial round-up of five executives and the subsequent arrest of two editorial writers.The paper, part of Next Digital, had its assets seized in June and was forced to close its print and online editions.
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