Hong Kong pro-democracy paper Apple Daily prints final run

Factfile on Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper, which will run its last issue on Thursday after being forced to close down by legal moves pursued by the government.

Staff work at the printing facility of Apple Daily in Hong Kong

Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily began printing a million copies of its final edition Wednesday evening after authorities froze its assets using a sweeping new national security law, ending a 26-year run of taking on China's authoritarian leaders.

The decision to freeze Apple Daily's assets also laid bare the sweeping powers now at the disposal of Hong Kong authorities to pursue any company deemed to be a national security threat.