US EditionChina warns foreign media in Hong Kong over fire coverage
The Office for Safeguarding National Security warned foreign media against spreading false information on the deadly fire and election, citing legal red lines to protect stability.
- On Dec 6, Beijing's Office for Safeguarding National Security summoned international news organisations in Hong Kong, warning against spreading false information about the fire and election.
- The deadly blaze at a Hong Kong housing estate has killed at least 159 people, dominating news coverage for the past week and a half before the legislative election on Sunday.
- At the meeting, the OSNS — meeting journalists en masse for the first time — an unnamed OSNS official read a stern statement urging reporters to `not cross the legal red line`.
- Authorities have reportedly arrested at least three people for sedition, and Hong Kong ranks 140 out of 180 in the Reporters Without Borders 2025 press freedom index.
- Since the 2019 protests and the 2020 security overhaul, dissent in Hong Kong has been all but quashed, and media tycoon Jimmy Lai faces a national security trial that could mean life imprisonment.
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Rights group urges China, Hong Kong to respect press freedom over latest fire incident
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday urged Chinese and Hong Kong authorities to release news commentator Wong Kwok-ngon, to halt harassment of other journalists, and to allow free coverage of the latest deadly fire incident in Hong Kong. The CPJ specifically highlighted that the national security police arrested columnist and commentator Wong on December 6, accusing him of posting content provoking “hatred” with “seditious intent…
Hong Kong arrests commentator, summons international media over deadly fire
New York, December 8, 2025—Chinese and Hong Kong authorities must immediately stop harassing journalists, release news commentator Wong Kwok-ngon, and allow the media to freely cover the city’s most deadly fire in decades, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. In a rare move, Beijing’s national security arm in Hong Kong, the Office for Safeguarding National Security, summoned international journalists on December 6 to warn them again…
Hong Kong Holds Vote as Officials Move Against ‘Anti-China’ Elements
The Hong Kong government was doubling down on a campaign to increase voter turnout in tightly controlled legislative elections on Sunday that are largely devoid of opposition parties, even as the city continued mourning a deadly fire that has prompted calls for official accountability. At least 159 people were killed last month when a blaze engulfed Wang Fuk Court, a high-rise apartment complex, in the city’s deadliest fire in decades. Officials…
Chinese Regime Warns Foreign Media, Arrests Man for Posts Over Fire in Hong Kong
China’s national security office in Hong Kong warned foreign media on Saturday not to spread “false information” or “smear” government efforts to deal with the city’s worst fire in nearly 80 years. Ahead of a legislative council election on Sunday in the global financial hub, the Office for Safeguarding National Security said it had summoned a number of unspecified foreign media outlets, criticising coverage of the fire that killed at least 159 …
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