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Hong KONG: The national security law imposed on Hong Kong by Beijing in 2020, poses a “grave threat” to journalism in the city, warned an international watchdog for press freedom on Tuesday.
On its website, Reporters Without Borders cited the imprisonment of 73-year-old media mogul Jimmy Lai - the owner of pro-democratic newspaper Apple Daily owner and a recipient of its Press Freedom prize - as evidence of how the law has allowed Beijing to intervene directly in Hong Kong’s governance to punish what it regards as “crimes against the state.”
“Jimmy Lai ... has been arrested and charged under this law and is facing a possible life sentence,” said Reporters Without Borders in a statement. (dpa)
On its website, Reporters Without Borders cited the imprisonment of 73-year-old media mogul Jimmy Lai - the owner of pro-democratic newspaper Apple Daily owner and a recipient of its Press Freedom prize - as evidence of how the law has allowed Beijing to intervene directly in Hong Kong’s governance to punish what it regards as “crimes against the state.”
“Jimmy Lai ... has been arrested and charged under this law and is facing a possible life sentence,” said Reporters Without Borders in a statement. (dpa)
