Dozens of Hong Kong journalists and some of their families have been harassed, media group says
By KANIS LEUNG
Posted 9/13/24
HONG KONG (AP) — Dozens of Hong Kong journalists and some of their family members and associates were harassed over the summer, a prominent media professional group said Friday.
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Dozens of Hong Kong journalists and some of their families have been harassed, media group says
Selina Cheng, chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association speaks to media in Hong Kong on July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Kanis Leung)
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By KANIS LEUNG
HONG KONG (AP) — Dozens of Hong Kong journalists and some of their family members and associates were harassed over the summer, a prominent media professional group said Friday.
Selina Cheng, chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, said in a news conference Friday that her group found self-proclaimed patriots sent anonymous complaints to at least 15 journalists' family members, the employers of their family members, their landlords and other related organizations since June. Cheng said the attacks appeared to be “systematic and organized," and she was among those targeted.
Many of the letters and emails threatened the recipients that if they continued to associate with the reporters in question or their family members, they could be endangering national security, the trade union for the city’s journalists said. Additionally, at least 36 journalists were identified in Facebook posts baselessly calling their articles inflammatory and portraying legitimate reporting as problematic or illegal.
Since the introduction of a Beijing-imposed national security law in 2020, two local news outlets known for critical coverage of the government, Apple Daily and Stand News, were forced to shut down after the arrest of their senior management, including Apple Daily publisher Jimmy Lai.
The Hong Kong government insists that if journalists’ reports are based on facts, there would not be any restrictions on such freedom.