Hong Kong leader’s has sought to downplay concerns over diminishing press freedom in the city following the suspension of prominent human rights media awards, labelling it and the departure of an outspoken political commentator as “isolated incidents”.
A day after the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) put its annual Human Rights Press Awards on hold, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Tuesday attributed the public’s concerns to misunderstandings over the extent constitutional safeguards covered media freedom.
