In the past six months, three Hong Kong media outlets popular with the opposition have  folded. The Apple Daily newspaper and online publication Stand News closed after they were investigated by national security police while another online outlet Citizen News shut itself down as a precaution. Hong Kong’s leader Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has denied the city is cracking down on the media and said those who “are fearful of not being able to comply with the law” should take…