Hong Kong threatens 'full force of law' after Lai assets frozen

Shares of Apple Daily owner Next Digital suspended from trading

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Next Digital continued to print its feisty Apple Daily newspaper in Hong Kong despite the freezing of owner Jimmy Lai's stake, but stopped printing in Taiwan. © Reuters

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

HONG KONG -- The head of Hong Kong's security force sent a stern warning Monday to Jimmy Lai, the jailed 73-year-old founder of a fiercely pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong, by expressing his resolve to deal with any national security risks.

This follows moves to freeze Lai's key assets under the China-imposed national security law covering the city.

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