The intensified crackdown on independent media outlets shows that the high level of press freedom that Hong Kong used to enjoy no longer exists, say observershad just celebrated its fifth anniversary in the first few days of 2022, but the independent news outletThe next day, the front page of the website was filled with sentimental reflections from their journalists.
"The server that we used for editing videos almost crashed. That was the laughing stock of the newsroom on that day, but at least we didn't get into trouble and had a chance to bid farewell to our readers and colleagues," wWoing said., another independent media outlet in Hong Kong known for its investigative reports, as the main reason behind the decision to close the publication.," Chris Yeung, chief writer at the, said at a press conference on Monday.
A journalist surnamed Kiu, who also does not want to reveal his first name for fear of reprisals, works for a pro-establishment media outlet. He told DW that the government's definition of sedition as"wider than the Red Sea." "The remaining media in Hong Kong are either the mouthpieces of the Communist Party or media that are already very close to the government. The era when there were still many types of media outlets no longer exists in Hong Kong. No media outlet in Hong Kong can do investigative reporting now," he added.
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