Hong Kong's Pro-democracy Daily prints 500,000 copies despite raid, arrests
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Despite a massive raid on the pro-democracy Apple Daily, the Hong Kong tabloid, continued its operations and printed 500,000 copies of Friday's paper while warning the readers that the city's "press freedom is now hanging by a thread". On Thursday, five senior executives were arrested on suspicion of violating the national security law after its headquarters were raided by the police, Hong Kong Free Press reported.