HONG KONG — Media outlets in Hong Kong must not “subvert” the government, the city’s leader said Tuesday, rejecting US criticism of recent action against a pro-democracy newspaper under a powerful new security law.
Hong Kong has long hosted a vibrant international and local media scene but press freedoms have slipped dramatically in recent years.
Last week, authorities froze the assets of Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, using the national security law Beijing imposed on the city in 2020.
Two of the paper’s executives were charged with “collusion”, a national security crime, over what police said were articles calling for international sanc…
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