Hongkong - Newly-fired newspaper editor stabbed on Hong Kong street

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that Kevin Lau, a journalist who was fired a month ago as editor of the Hong Kong-based daily Ming Pao, was badly injured in a stabbing attack yesterday. “This clearly premeditated attack must not go unpunished,” said Benjamin Ismaïl, the head of the Reporters Without Borders Asia-Pacific desk. “The attack highlights the overall decline in freedom of information in Hong Kong, which includes a decline in the safety of journalists.” The attack took (...)

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