Apple Daily publisher Next Digital hopes move will allow payments to be made to creditors and former staff
Next Digital, a Hong Kong media group known for its criticism of
Beijing, has filed for liquidation, with its board of directors resigning to help facilitate the process.
Owned by the jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai, the group was the publisher of
Apple Daily, a popular pro-democracy newspaper that closed in June after its newsroom was raided by
police investigating whether some articles breached a national security law introduced by
China last year.