Hong Kong’s John Lee has rebuffed an invitation to criticise the intimidation of journalists, with his office referring HKFP back to comments Lee made during a press briefing when asked whether the city’s leader condemned the recent spate of harassment. Since Hong Kong’s largest press group announced the “systemic and organised attack” last Friday, it said there had been no further known instances of potentially unlawful intimidation. On Tuesday, when asked about reports of death threats, intimidation and harassment suffered by dozens of media workers over recent months, Lee told reporters in …
