'Right decision' to remove police-tracking app

Legal experts in Hong Kong voiced support for Apple's decision on Thursday to remove from its app store an application that allows users to track the position of police officers as the city's anti-government rioters take an increasingly antagonistic attitude toward law enforcement.

The app, according to local experts, has impeded law enforcement.

After investigating, Apple found the app "has been used in ways that endanger law enforcement and residents in Hong Kong", the US phone maker said in a statement. "This app violates our guidelines and local laws, and we have removed it from the App Store."