September 14, 2024 10:47 AM

Hong Kong press group says dozens of journalists harassed

Dozens of Hong Kong journalists and their families have been harassed and intimidated online and in person over the last three months starting from June, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) said on Friday. HKJA chairperson Selina Cheng said the threats and sharing of false and defamatory content damage press freedom in Hong Kong and should not be tolerated. "I think this is the largest scale harassment against reporters in Hong Kong that we have thus far known of," Cheng said. "We are...