Two Beijing-backed newspapers in Hong Kong have slammed award-winning filmmaker Johnnie To, who said in an interview with BBC News Chinese that the city no longer had free speech and human rights. In an editorial published on Monday, Chinese state-backed newspaper Ta Kung Pao said To was being “unfair” to local filmmakers by simplify the predicament of Hong Kong’s film industry as merely a political matter and saying the city had “no soul.” Titled “Johnnie To should respect Hong Kong film,” the editorial criticised remarks made by the three-time Hong Kong Film Awards winner in a 51-minute inte…
