12/30/2023 0 Comments Government watchdog list![]() It added that the ISD said Covid-19 regulations were a factor in the media restrictions, and a “high-quality live feed” was provided to all media outlets. The Code on Access to Information stipulates that requests may be declined if disclosure “would harm or prejudice Hong Kong’s security,” and the public interest must be weighed against the potential for “actual harm,” the watchdog said. A police office standing next to water barricades outside the West Kowloon Station on July 1, 2022. ![]() However, the watchdog said potential risk stemmed from the fact that reporters from outlets invited to cover July 1 celebrations had been subject to security screening: “A comparison between the media invitation list and the eventual turnout of reporters at the event venues may assist terrorists to infer how the security clearance mechanism was operated and possibly evade such mechanism in the future,” the watchdog upheld. The Ombudsman ruled that the full, publicly-accessible list of government-registered outlets posed little threat in itself. Meanwhile, Ming Pao, HK01, Bloomberg, Reuters, the South China Morning Post, Now News and Agence France-Presse had individual journalist applications refused.Įxplainer: The decline of Hong Kong’s press freedom under the national security law ![]() Japan’s Nikkei, Asahi Shimbun, and Kyodo News, Taiwan’s CTV, Getty Images in the US, Europe’s EPA as well as Hong Kong’s InMedia, PSHK, TMHK and HKFP were among the government-registered media outlets not invited. Gov't watchdog agrees that revealing John Lee inauguration media list would aid 'terrorists,' rejects HKFP complaint - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP Close
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