Press union urges police to handle all cases with ‘equal efficiency’ after same-day arrest over threats to pro-gov’t outlet
Hong Kong’s biggest press union has welcomed the police’s swift response after a local newspaper received a threatening letter, urging authorities to handle similar cases at other outlets with “equal efficiency.” Police apprehended a suspect just hours after the editorial team of Sing Tao Probe, a consumer advocacy platform under the pro-Beijing Sing Tao News […]
Hong Kong's largest journalists' union has commended the police for swiftly apprehending a suspect after a threatening letter containing white powder was delivered to the editorial team of Sing Tao Probe. The unsigned letter criticized an undisclosed consumer complaint from a year ago and accused several media outlets of falsely accusing the sender of stalking and secretly photographing women at night.
The 24-year-old suspect is currently in police custody. The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) praised the police's "equal efficiency" in handling the case, hoping similar measures will be taken against other threats to press freedom in the region. The HKJA has previously reported multiple instances of journalists being threatened and harassed, with no progress in resolving these cases.
Hong Kong has seen a decline in its press freedom ranking since the implementation of the 2020 and 2024 national security laws, with over 1,000 journalists losing their jobs and several media outlets closing down.
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