Its millionaire owner Li Zhiying Has been in jail and is facing national security charges for campaigning for sanctions against China.
But in early June, the police used the National Security Law to freeze the newspaper’s assets and went bankrupt in less than a week.
“We need to race against time,” Wong recalled Apple Daily Announced the printing of its final version and cancellation of its online business later that month.
Wong visited LIHKG-a Reddit-like forum that played an important role in coordinating Hong Kong’s 2019 democracy protests-and found that tech-savvy volunteers are willing to browse the tabloid’s website.
Wong said they wrote about 10,000 lines of code, collected more than 2 million pages and archived them on the searchable website collection.news.
“As people who are more tech-savvy, we feel we are more obligated to help protect Hong Kong’s history,” Wong told AFP.
“But everyone can and needs to share the past with your friends, your next generation.”
