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Hong Kong leader says she cannot accept claims press freedom faces ‘extinction’

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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said she could not accept suggestions that press freedom in the city faces “extinction”, just days after police raided an online media outlet and arrested seven people including senior editors. | Reuters

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks at a news conference in Beijing, China December 22, 2021. REUTERS/Shubing Wang

Lam was speaking at a weekly news conference as another independent online outlet, Citizen News, ceased operations in the face of what it described as a “deteriorating” media environment in the Chinese-ruled former British colony.“This morning I read news about, because of the closure of online medium, press freedom in Hong Kong faces extinction … I just cannot accept that sort of allegations,” Lam said, adding that nothing was more important than rule of law.

Officers raided the office of the Stand News online publication last week, froze its assets and arrested seven current and former senior editors and former board members. Two editors have been charged with sedition.

 

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Reuters Of course not. The correct wording is 'press freedom is dead.'

Reuters Carrie Lam is a CCP member.

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