Hong Kong’s Citizen News to close citing fears for staff safety
by Helen Davidson with agencies from on (#5TJRP)
Independent online news portal to cease operations amid worsening environment for media' in city
The Hong Kong independent news outlet Citizen News has said it will cease operations from Tuesday in the face of what it described as a deteriorating media environment in the Chinese-ruled city and to ensure the safety of its staff.
Regrettably, the rapid changes in society and worsening environment for media make us unable to achieve our goal fearlessly. Amid this crisis, we have to first make sure everyone on the boat is safe," Citizen News, which was established in 2017, said in a statement.
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