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# Journalists Protest After Hong Kong Denies Visa to a Financial Times Editor

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## Video: Journalists Protest After Hong Kong Denies Visa to a Financial Times Editor

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_Published 2018-10-08. Media associations in Hong Kong said they were “shocked and deeply concerned” after city immigration authorities denied a work visa to a prominent journalist in a decision that has stoked fears for the financial hub’s press freedoms._


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## Transcript

[ FOREIGN ] We are shocked and deeply concerned over the decision by the Hong Kong authorities to refuse a work visa renewal. Four week term of it. Patient news avatar for the Financial Times, and call for a full explanation for this extraordinary move. We feel [ UNKNOWN ] in this issue, to [ UNKNOWN ] the journalist working for one the worlds leading newspapers. Sets a terrible precedent for Hong Kong's reputation at the place where the rule of law applies, and where freedom of speech is protected by law.

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