Radio Free Asia closes Hong Kong bureau, citing security law concerns
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The announcement by the U.S.-funded news outlet comes after the passage of a local national security law that critics say will further erode civil liberties in the Chinese territory.

US-funded Radio Free Asia (RFA) has closed its Hong Kong bureau over safety concerns for its staff in the wake of a new national security law known as Article 23.

“Actions by Hong Kong authorities, including referring to RFA as a ‘foreign force’, raise serious questions about our ability to operate in safety with the enactment of Article 23,” its president, Bay Fang, said in a statement on Friday.

The new law comes with stiffer punishments from several years up to life in jail for crimes including treason, sedition, state secrets, espionage and external interference.

  • wildbus8979English
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    8 months ago

    And of course they’re American funded.

    That’s quite the euphemism to say funded by the CIA and the State Department.