Christian group defends Hong Kong press union after security chief criticism, as foreign press club condemns harassment
A conservative Christian NGO has issued a critique of the security minister’s latest salvo against a local press union, marking the second time it has made a rare public rebuke against the government in a month. Choi Chi-sum, general secretary of the Society for Truth and Light, said in a Thursday Facebook post that the […]
A Christian NGO has defended Hong Kong's press union against criticism from the security chief, marking the second time it has publicly rebuked the government in a month. The Society for Truth and Light stated that the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) is "struggling to survive." They questioned whether the decline in the quality of Hong Kong journalists or the degradation of Hong Kong's media ecosystem led to the current situation.
The NGO also highlighted harassment campaigns and a lack of transparency in the union's leadership election process, which it describes as a "black-box operation." Meanwhile, the Foreign Correspondents' Club condemned the harassment campaigns faced by the HKJA.
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