Hong Kong bids goodbye to pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, people line up for last copies

Lam Man-chung, Executive Editor-in-Chief of Apple Daily, gestures at the headquarters in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper will stop publishing Thursday, following last week's arrest of five editors and executives and the freezing of $2.3 million in assets under the city's one-year-old national security law. (AP Photo)

Staff members design their layout for the last edition of the newspaper in the Apple Daily headquarters in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. The five editors and executives were detained on suspicion of colluding with foreigners to endanger national security. (AP Photo)

Last issue of Apple Daily seen at printing house in Hong Kong, early Thursday, June 24, 2021. After midnight, as the printers ran one final time, Apple Daily shut off its website and erased all its social media platforms after authorities froze company-related assets as part of a national security probe. (AP Photo)

Last issue of Apple Daily arrives at a newspaper booth in Hong Kong, early Thursday, June 24, 2021. (AP Photo)

Supporters gather outside the Apple Daily headquarters in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Authorities have said dozens of Apple Daily articles may have violated the security law, but there was no suggestion that Apple Daily content would be blocked or censored. (AP Photo)

Staff members of Apple Daily pose at the headquarters in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (AP Photo)

Reporters of Apple Daily take a photo at the headquarters in Hong Kong, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Chinese and Hong Kong officials have said the media must abide by the law, and that press freedom cannot be used as a “shield” for illegal activities. (AP Photo)

People queue up for the last issue of Apple Daily at a newspaper booth at a downtown street in Hong Kong, Thursday, June 24, 2021. (AP Photo)

People gather around a booth where the last issue of the Apple Daily arrived. (AP Photo)