HONG KONG — The brand-new chair of Hong Kong’s leading media expert group on Wednesday stated she lost her task at The Wall Street Journal after she declined her manager’s demand to withdraw from the election for the management post.
Reporter Selina Cheng informed a press rundown that a senior editor informed her that her task was removed due to restructuring. But Cheng stated she thought the genuine factor was connected to her manager’s demand about 3 weeks ago to withdraw from the election for chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, a trade union for reporters likewise promoting for press liberty.
She stated her manager likewise asked her to gaveup the association’s board, which she has served on giventhat2021 After she declined, she was informed “it will be incompatible” with her task.
“I am horrified that the veryfirst press conference I’m offering as HKJA’s brand-new chair is to reveal that I was fired for taking up this position in a press union,” stated Cheng, who was chose as the brand-new chair in June.
Dow Jones, which releases the paper, validated Wednesday it made “some workers modifications” however declined to remark on people.
“The Wall Street Journal hasactually been and continues to be a intense and vocal supporter for press liberty in Hong Kong and around the world,” it stated in a declaration emailed to The Associated Press.
Hong Kong reporters work in a constricting area after extreme political modifications in the city that was assoonas seen as a bastion of media flexibility in Asia.
Since the intro of a Beijing-imposed nationwide security law in 2020, 2 regional news outlets understood for important protection of the federalgovernment, Apple Daily and Stand News, were required to shut down after the arrest of their senior management, consistingof Apple Daily publisher Jimmy Lai.
In March, Hong Kong enacted another security law to target interesting in espionage, divulging state tricks and “colluding with external fo