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Hong Kong leader denies there is ‘suppression’ of press freedom in city after Stand News arrests | South China Morning Post

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Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has hit back at critics over her government’s arrest of seven people that prompted the closure of the Stand News online portal. In a press conference on December 30, 2021, she insisted there was no media “suppression” in the city. Lam also refuted a statement from the US…

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