Hong Kong rejects renewal of Bloomberg reporter's visa


Rebecca Choong Wilkins, who is Bloomberg's Asia government and economy correspondent, said she had to leave after six years of reporting in Hong Kong. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

HONG KONG (AFP): A journalist who works for Bloomberg News in Hong Kong said Saturday she has to leave the city after a foreign journalists' club revealed that authorities had denied renewal of her working visa.

Rebecca Choong Wilkins, Bloomberg's Asia government and economy correspondent, said on social media that "after six years of reporting in Hong Kong, and at eight months pregnant, I'm very sad to be leaving my colleagues, friends and the place I've called home."

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