{"id":38376,"date":"2014-02-28T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=38376 "},"modified":"2014-02-28T17:32:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T17:32:00","slug":"38376-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=38376","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong: Ex-Ming Pao editor Kevin Lau attacked"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Ming Pao chief editor Kevin Lau is taken to an operation room in a hospital in Hong Kong, 26 February 2014<\/div>
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The former chief editor of prominent Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao is in a critical condition after being attacked with a cleaver, officials say.<\/div>
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Kevin Lau was attacked in Hong Kong by two men on Wednesday morning, police said. He suffered three wounds.<\/div>
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The attackers reportedly fled by motorbike.<\/div>
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Mr Lau was recently replaced by a Malaysian editor viewed as pro-Beijing, sparking fears among staff that the paper’s independence was under threat.<\/div>
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Ming Pao is a popular, credible Chinese-language newspaper, the BBC’s Juliana Liu in Hong Kong reports.<\/div>
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Mr Lau’s colleagues called the move to replace him an attempt to muzzle independent-thinking journalists, our correspondent adds.<\/div>
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‘Growing attacks’<\/div>
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Police are searching for two men in connection with the attack.<\/div>
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“One of them alighted from the motorcycle and used a chopper to attack the victim,” police spokesman Simon Kwan told reporters.<\/div>
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“He suffered three wounds, one in his back and two in his legs,” Mr Kwan said, adding that the back wound was deep.<\/div>
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In a statement, Ming Pao said it “strongly condemned the savage act”.<\/div>
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It added: “We are deeply angry that the assailants dared to conduct an attack in broad daylight.”<\/div>
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Mr Lau’s move from Ming Pao sparked fears among staff that the paper’s independence was under threat<\/div>
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Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung said he was “extremely concerned” and “outraged” by the attack.<\/div>
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“Hong Kong is a society ruled by law, and we will not allow this kind of violence,” he said, adding that the police would conduct a full investigation.<\/div>
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The attacked was condemned by the Hong Kong Journalists Association and the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC).<\/div>
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“The growing number of attacks against members of the press in Hong Kong needs to be taken seriously by the local administration,” the FCC said in a statement.<\/div>
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“Hong Kong’s reputation as a free and international city will suffer if such crimes go unsolved and unpunished,” it added.<\/div>
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Since being replaced, Mr Lau has been working in an online subsidiary of Ming Pao’s parent company.<\/div>
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On Sunday, thousands in the city marched on the streets calling for press freedom.<\/div>
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RFA: Sacked Hong Kong Newspaper Editor ‘Critical’ After Knife Attack<\/a><\/div>
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