Hong Kong Public Broadcaster suspends satirical television show after complaints of police Representation

Hong Kong’s public broadcaster announced Tuesday that it suspend a satirical television program, after receiving criticism on police representation, a government, a decision that prompted the outcry over press freedom. A spokesman for RTHK (Hong Kong and Taiwan) has offered a public apology Tuesday to all police officers or others who were offended by the spectacle. The program is to stop production at the end of the current season, according to a report on the website of the transmitter Tuesday evening. Journalists, lawyers and rights groups have reacted to the suspension of the performance with concern. “Sad day indeed for #PressFreedom in #HongKong when local stations respected @RTHK_HK bullied” Jodi Schneider, president of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong, tweeted on Wednesday. aired the controversial episode of the political satire show headliner of RTHK in February with a long duration. And ‘it joked that the city police could receive lighter personal protective equipment as other officials, including health workers. The police chief Chris Tang reported a complaint to the transmitter and the Communications that the episode had “teased” the force. The body of government communications said that more than 3,300 members of the public have also had complaints. In a statement Tuesday, the Communications has said that they found these “justified” complaints in relation to the actual content and the police “defamation and insult”. There was a warning for RTHK to narrow provisions of the TV Program Code Hong Kong to watch. In response, RTHK said it would review its editorial processes and personnel discipline, found a committed “negligence or mistake.” The station said it will explore ways to develop the show, which has aired since 1989, “in a constantly changing social environment.” The problem comes after the semi-autonomous Chinese city was seized by nine months of protests that break due to the crown, but because, as a local outbreak of the pandemic has subsided have resurged and influence has started perceived fears about Beijing bubble again, While the demonstrations were initially set last year by opposition to the law of extradition that would allow suspects to be transferred to the courts on the mainland, the movement snowballed into major demands for democracy and accountability in the conduct of the police. Hong Kong police have faced severe public criticism on Mass demonstrations management. Rights groups have accused the police of excessive use of force and the office of the United Nations human rights he says police defied international standards in their use of weapons against the demonstrators, creating a “cause substantial risk of death or serious injury. ” A report published by a watchdog this month raised the police force largely as saying it was “room for improvement.” Critics call the review is biased. Hong Kong and Taiwan has previously clashed with the government for its programming. In April, a government agency accused the transmitter, the “principle of one China and the goals and mission of Hong Kong and Taiwan as a public broadcaster,” the injury after a reporter asked a senior official of the Organization World Health Organization (WHO) on Taiwan in question. Taiwan is not a member of the WHO because of objections from Beijing, the rules of sovereignty on the island of self-sustained. Hong Kong recently dropped by seven points in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2020 World Press Freedom Index.
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