Film: Right to Report: Press Freedom in Hong Kong
http://www.journeyman.tv/film/8376
Transcript
Hong Kong: The
Right to Report
By Lianain Films
Final script
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Fact check |
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00:00 |
Ident |
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00:02 |
Press scrums
through the years, printing press |
Upsound VO Hong Kong was
once celebrated as a beacon for press freedom in Asia. |
In 2002, HK
ranked 18th on the RSF press freedom index – the highest in Asia. |
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00:10 |
Bao Choy and
supporters outside court |
Upsound Defend press
freedom! VO But as China tightens
its grip on the city, journalists fear they can no longer speak truth to
power. |
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00:18 |
Bao Choy Journalist |
SOT Today is a
very dark day to all journalists in Hong Kong. |
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00:22 |
Kris Cheng Journalist |
SOT We have to
guess what is the limits of free speech in HK. What can you say, what can you
not say? |
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00:30 |
Apple Daily
raid |
VO Newsrooms
have been raided. |
Apple Daily
and Stand News were raided |
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00:34 |
Apple Daily
executive in handcuffs |
VO Publishers,
journalists and media executives put behind bars. |
Jimmy Lai,
Apple journalists and Stand News journalists are behind bars |
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00:40 |
Apple Daily
staff thanking supporters on its last day of publication |
VO And news organisations forced to shut. Upsound Thank you,
readers! |
Apple Was
forced to shut in June 2021. Stand News shut in late 2021 |
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00:45 |
Steve Vines Journalist |
SOT It has become
a dangerous occupation. A dangerous occupation for people who are still
interested in reporting the facts. |
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00:53 |
Carrie Lam press conference Carrie Lam HK Chief
Executive |
VO The
government insists it’s just doing its job. SOT Journalists
and media organisations like all of us have to respect and comply with the
law |
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1:05 |
Police raid Ronson Chan’s home |
Upsound We’re
national security police. No recording, Mr Chan. VO 101 East
tracks the demise of Hong Kong’s free media. |
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1:17 |
Super: Hong Kong:
The Right to Report By Lianain Films Apple Daily
file footage- newsroom |
Upsound VO For two and a
half decades, Apple Daily was a constant in the lives of many Hong Kongers. |
Apple was
founded in June 1995 and ceased publication in June 2021. |
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1:27 |
File - Apple
Daily papers at newsstands, people buying copies of Apple Daily |
VO The
bestselling tabloid redefined the city’s news industry with its brash, often
sensational reporting. |
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-apple-daily-china-hong-kong-crackdown/ |
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1:36 |
Apple Daily
printing press |
Upsound VO It was also
an unabashed supporter of democracy and a firm critic of the Chinese
Communist Party. |
Apple prided
itself on being pro-democracy |
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1:45 |
Jimmy Lai at
protest |
Upsound VO Founder,
Jimmy Lai, was a regular at pro-democracy protests. |
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1:50 |
Jimmy Lai and
supporters outside courtroom |
VO The
billionaire is now in jail for taking part in unlawful assemblies. Upsound National
security law! VO He’s also
accused of breaking Hong Kong’s sweeping national security law – a charge
that could see him put away for life. |
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2:09 |
Jimmy Lai
taken to jail |
VO Lai knew the legislation
could be used against him, But he chose
to remain in Hong Kong. He spoke to Al
Jazeera while out on bail. |
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2:17 |
Jimmy Lai Founder,
Apple Daily |
SOT This place,
the freedom, has given me the opportunity to create what I have today. I’m
indebted to this place, I’m very grateful to this place. I’m not going to
leave. Maybe now is the time for me to pay back this place. Even if paying
back means I have to sacrifice. |
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2:39 |
Archive – HK
Handover in 1997 |
Upsound bugle VO Apple Daily
was able to survive and even thrive because of Hong Kong’s unique history. |
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2:49 |
Archive – HK
Handover flag raising, fireworks |
Upsound VO Britain
handed its former colony back to China in 1997. It was agreed
that the city would be governed under a formula known as
“one-country-two-systems”. Freedom of
assembly, of expression and press freedom are enshrined in Hong Kong’s own
constitution. |
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-40426827 Article 27 of the
Basic Law declares: “Hong Kong residents shall have freedom of speech, of the
press and of publication; freedom of association, of assembly, of procession
and of demonstration; and the right and freedom to form and join trade
unions; and to strike.” |
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3:12 |
File footage
of Steve as a young journo |
Upsound VO Journalist
Steve Vines arrived in Hong Kong ten years before the handover. |
Vines first moved
to HK in 1987 |
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3:19 |
Steve Vines
present day |
VO Today, he
still remembers a time when Beijing kept its promises. |
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3:25 |
Steve Vines Journalist |
SOT Hong Kong had
this heady air of liberty. |
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3:30 |
Cover part of
Vines sot with archive protest footage, people grabbing posters insulting
Tung Chee Wah, massive media scrums |
Upsound SOT You could say
what you liked, you could read what you liked, you could travel freely. And
into that heady mixture, was this extraordinary, large media. |
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3:46 |
Protests and
marches |
Upsound Full
democracy in 2012! VO But Hong Kongers did not have democracy. And for
years, millions of people campaigned peacefully for the right to vote in fully
free elections. |
Hong Konkers have never had the right to choose their leader,
the Chief Executive in direct elections. |
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3:59 |
2019 protests |
Upsound Withdraw the
bill! VO Then in 2019,
increasing fears that China was eroding Hong Kong’s autonomy and judicial
independence sparked months of massive, sometimes violent protests. |
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-49317695 |
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4:14 |
Protest in
Wong Tai Sin |
VO The national
security law which criminalises terrorism,
secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces, was introduced in
2020. |
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52765838 |
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4:27 |
Long Hair,
Figo, Eddie Chu, marching on July 1, 2020. Water cannon
arrives |
Upsound Scrap the national
security law! VO Critics
feared it would stifle dissent and Hong Kon’'s
cherished freedoms. The
government disagreed. Upsound We’ll
disperse you with liquid tear gas! |
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4:40 |
John Lee Then-acting
Chief Executive, and now, Chief Executive |
SOT While
national security is protected, citizens will continue to enjoy their lawful
freedoms, including freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of protest,
and so on. |
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4:53 |
First Apple
Daily raid |
Upsound VO Less than two
months later, 200 police raided Apple Daily. Upsound There’s a
large number of police. VO journalists
inside livestreamed this footage… |
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/world/asia/hong-kong-arrests-lai-national-security-law.html |
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5:09 |
Apple
livestream footage – police searching newsroom |
Upsound VO Officers
searched the newsroom… Arrested a
senior executive. |
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5:17 |
Handcuffed
Jimmy Lai marched through Apple building |
VO And led a
handcuffed Jimmy Lai through the building. SOT I know what
I’m doing is right. Even when I was handcuffed, you know, they paraded me
here and there you know in a handcuff, I did not feel a shred of insult. VO He was
accused of “colluding with foreign forces”. |
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/10/hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-arrested-over-alleged-foreign-collusion |
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5:41 |
Jimmy Lai Founder,
Apple Daily |
SOT Well, I
definitely have met foreign officials, but if this is collusion, I cannot
have it. It might be a collusion talking to you now! Accepting your
interview! You know it’s just totally according to what they… what they
define it! |
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6:04 |
Jimmy Lai
released – massive scrum around him |
Upsound VO Lai was
released after being detained for more than 40 hours. He would be
arrested again several months later on fraud allegations, and his bail
revoked. |
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6:20 |
Kris Cheng Journalist |
VO To journalist, Kris Cheng, the implications of
the raid were clear. SOT News media in
HK were powerful. They have been influencing public opinion for many years.
Say if you have a government scandal to disclose, the first thought, most
likely, you will go to Apple Daily. They are going to tell you what you need
to know. They are going to give you a different side of the views. And maybe
that’s just not allowed by the government. |
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6:55 |
Protestors
gather in support of Bao Choy, outside courtroom |
Upsound Investigating
and interviewing are not crimes! VO Hong Kong’s
journalists soon discovered that activities once considered routine were now
not allowed. In November
2020, authorities charged documentary filmmaker Bao Choy with making false
statements to obtain data. |
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/03/world/asia/hong-kong-rthk-arrest.html |
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7:18 |
Stand News
Yuen Long attack video |
Upsound VO She had been
investigating a mob attack against anti-government demonstrators,
journalists, and passers-by, that took place during the 2019 protests. Upsound Why are you
only arriving now? VO Police
arrived only after the violence had subsided, fueling allegations of
misconduct. Upsound Corrupt cops!
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7:46 |
Choy’s film https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=LsbzFAHsvkk |
Upsound Who were the
white-clad men attacking ordinary people in the West Rail station? VO Choy’s
award-winning documentary attempts to uncover the truth of what happened that
night. Upsound Hong Kong
Connection made car license plate checks… VO As part of her
research, she used a public database to track down owners of cars filmed in
the vicinity of the attack. Police said
she’d made a false statement in order to get that information. |
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8:21 |
Bao Choy
outside court after verdict |
Upsound Defend press
freedom! VO Choy pleaded
not guilty, but the judge disagreed. She was
ordered to pay a fine of about $770. |
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/22/media/bao-choy-hong-kong-journalist-intl-hnk/index.html |
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8:33 |
Bao Choy Journalist |
SOT To me,
it's very heartbreaking that the magistrate or the
court decided or ruled that searching public information or access to public
data is no longer allowed in Hong Kong. |
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8:46 |
Exterior RTHK
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VO Because of
her brush with the law, Choy was suspended from her freelance position at
public broadcaster RTHK. For decades,
the organisation had operated with relative
autonomy. |
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/03/interview-hong-kongs-fragile-freedoms-had-never-taken-root-says-journalist-bao-choy-following-conviction-over-documentary/ |
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9:01 |
Clement
Leung, Hong Kong’s Permanent
Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development |
VO But now it
was facing growing scrutiny from the government. SOT The task force
believes that there are deficiencies in the editorial management system at
RTHK. |
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9:11 |
Graphic –
screengrab of news about Patrick Li’s appointment https://www.news.gov.hk /eng/2021/02/20210219/ 20210219_103944_680.html |
VO In February
2021, the government announced that this man would be the new head of RTHK. Patrick Li
was a civil servant with no journalism or broadcasting experience. |
https://www.news.gov.hk /eng/2021/02/20210219/ 20210219_103944_680.html https://hongkongfp.com/2021/03/02/new-rthk-head-takes-over-after-three-senior-officials-quit/ |
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9:25 |
Steve Vines Journalist |
SOT From day one,
directives were issued. We were told that every programme
would be carefully examined for its content before it went out on air they
were interested to make sure you didn’t interview anybody who would be
described as a government critic. |
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9:40 |
The Pulse Episode with
Edward Leung, Alvin Yeung and other election candidates in 2016: watch?v=QS9W4Gb8wz8 |
Upsound VO Vines was a
familiar presence on RTHK. Upsound Hello and
welcome to The Pulse. VO He was a
political affairs commentator on radio, and for 15 years, host of the popular
current affairs talk show, “The Pulse”. Upsound Today, we’ve
asked all the candidates to give their views. VO … a programme where diverse views were regularly heard, and
challenged Upsound Edward Leung But we didn’t
expect that the police would use such violence to oppress us. – VO Vines says
things changed with Li’s appointment. |
The Pulse
started in 2005 and ended in 2021 |
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10:13 |
Steve Vines Journalist |
SOT
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10:30 |
Last ep of
The Pulse -Steve bids farewell to viewers
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Upsound From the team
and me, it’s been our honour. VO The Pulse,
and several other RTHK programmes have since been
taken off air. |
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10:43 |
Graphic –
RTHK’s response |
VO In an email
to 101 East, RTHK said it “enjoys editorial independence at the corporate
level” and upholds “the highest professional standards of journalism”. It also said its new editorial
process was “working effectively” and programme related complaints had
dropped significantly. The broadcaster declined to comment
on Bao Choy’s case. |
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11:11 |
Apple Daily –
second raid Livestream
footage taken from roof of building – police on roads below AppleRaidLive |
Upsoound At 7am this
morning, they had already arrived at Apple Daily. So now they have surrounded
and blocked off Apple Daily. VO In June 2021,
authorities raided Apple Daily’s headquarters a second time. |
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hong-kongs-apple-daily-newspaper-says-police-arrest-five-directors-2021-06-16/ |
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11:26 |
Livestream
journos scrambling to get a good position, film car pulling up to their
building with Chief Ed Ryan Law |
VO Inside,
journalists scrambled to livestream the raid. Upsound So in this seven-seater
you can see our Chief Editor, Mr Law. |
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11:43 |
Journos
gathering outside for presser |
VO An official
from the National Security Department addressed members of the press. |
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11:51 |
NSD official
presser AppleRaidLive |
Upsound We worked
with various departments and deployed around 500 officers over various
locations. We arrested four men and one woman, aged between 47 and 63 for the
crime of… conspiring
with foreign forces to endanger national security. |
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12:15 |
Apple Daily
printing press, paper with news of the raid/arrest on the front page |
Upsound VO The five
Apple Daily employees made the front page of their own newspaper the
following day. Their alleged
crime: publishing articles calling on members of the international community
to impose sanctions on China and the Hong Kong government. Authorities
also froze assets belonging to Apple Daily and its related companies, as well
as accounts linked to founder, Jimmy Lai. |
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12:40 |
Carrie Lam HK Chief
Executive |
SOT Freezing
assets is a common practice internationally. Because they violated a very
serious law, endangering national security. So we
have to stop them from further endangering national security. |
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12:51 |
Apple Daily ext |
VO Less than a
week later, police arrested another Apple Daily employee - this time, an
opinion writer. The same day,
the newspaper announced it was printing its final edition. |
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57578926 |
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13:06 |
Alvin at his
desk |
VO For many Apple Daily journalists the decision came as no surprise. For security
reasons, we’re not identifying this reporter. |
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13:18 |
“Alvin” |
SOT In truth, I
feel we’ve been counting down the days starting from
when our chief editor was arrested. Our assets
were frozen. We were wondering, how could we go on with no money? I can work
voluntarily, but for how long? A month or two? And if we volunteer, would
they accuse us of starting a revolution? |
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13:41 |
June 23,
outside Apple Daily. Supporters
gather despite rain, leave notes of encouragement and thanks |
VO As news of
the impending closure spread, supporters began to gather outside Apple
Daily’s headquarters. |
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13:51 |
Apple Daily
supporter |
Voxpop I don’t know
why the government won’t unfreeze some of Apple Daily’s funds. So they can pay staff and continue operating. I hope one
day Apple Daily will return to Hong Kong and continue to uncover and report
the truth to Hong Kongers. |
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14:10 |
Inside Apple
Daily newsroom |
VO Inside the newsroom,
the mood was tense. |
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14:15 |
“Alvin” Former Apple
Daily journalist |
SOT I don’t know
how far the government or police will go. Will they stop us from putting out
our last edition? We’re worried that they really will come in and stop us
from printing. |
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14:27 |
Reuters
footage |
VO Still, the
work continued. |
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14:31 |
Printing
press. Sign with
print run – 1,000,000 |
VO The plan was
to go big, with a print run of a million copies – 10 times what they would
normally sell in a day. |
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/china-shut-down-a-newspaper-then-a-city-sold-out-of-a-million-copies-20210624-p583up.html |
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14:41 |
Crowd outside
Apple Daily |
Upsound Support
Apple! All the way! VO Outside, the
crowd continued to swell despite the rain. They’d come
from all over Hong Kong, to this remote Upsound We’re right
here, Apple! |
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15:07 |
Apple Daily
staff wave back from inside the building |
Upsound Thank you
all! |
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Woman cries
as she yells her thanks to Apple |
Upsound We’re lucky
to have you! Upsound We’ll meet
again! |
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15:13 |
Apple Daily
supporter |
Voxpop This
newspaper accompanied us Hong Kongers as we grew
up. In the end, it’s come to this. I had to come here. Even though there’s
not much I can do. But at least I can show my support. |
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15:36 |
Applause
inside Apple Daily newsroom |
Upsound applause VO Their work
was finally done. 26 years
after its founding, Apple Daily was finished. |
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15:49 |
Applause
inside Apple Daily – Lam and Chan acknowledge applause, thank staff |
VO Senior
editors Lam Man-chung and Chan Pui-man
thanked their team. Upsound Chan Thanks for
your hard work! VO The two were
charged with national security law violations just weeks later. Upsound Chan Pui-man Thank you to
my colleagues and to our readers. VO They are now
behind bars and could face life sentences. |
https://cpj.org/2021/07/hong-kong-police-arrest-former-apple-daily-executive-editor-lam-man-chung/ |
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16:14 |
Apple staff
thank supporters outside building |
Upsound Thank you,
readers! Thank you Hong Kongers! |
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16:22 |
Staff
distribute Apple Daily to supporters outside building |
Upsound VO Outside,
Apple Daily staff thanked the supporters who’d come to say goodbye. Upsound Thank you Apple! Upsound supporter I’ve been a
reader from the first day. I brought my son with me. VO They gave out
copies of the final edition of the paper. |
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16:38 |
Supporter
holds up final edition of Apple Daily – headline visible |
VO The headline
- Hong Kongers bid a painful farewell in the rain. |
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16:45 |
People
queuing for Apple Daily in Mongkok |
VO Fifteen kilometres away, long lines were starting to form. Upsound Three copies. VO It was just
past midnight, but thousands of people were out – waiting to buy the last
edition of Apple Daily. |
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17:03 |
Voxpops with people
queuing for final issue of Apple Daily |
Voxpop I feel like
it’s the end of an era so I’ve come to buy it. Also
I don’t understand why they can’t even tolerate a newspaper. |
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17:12 |
Man buying
papers |
Upsound
Fifty copies. Seller Fifty? Done! |
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17:15 |
Long, long
queue Apple Daily
reader |
VO For some,
queuing was also an act of support for press freedom. SOT I might not
always agree with what the paper says. But a society should have many
different voices.We can’t
just get rid of those voices for whatever reasons. |
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17:38 |
Screengrab |
VO Three days
after the closure of Apple Daily, authorities arrested the editor of its
English news section. Fung Wai-kong was at the airport, about to leave for the United
Kingdom. |
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17:50 |
Kris Cheng Journalist |
SOT That was the
last straw for me. Now, journalists, for whatever reasons could be stopped at
the airport and get arrested as well. So that could happen to anyone. |
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18:00 |
Kris standing
on rooftop, with London buses in background |
VO Kris Cheng
left Hong Kong weeks later – joining dozens of other journalists who’d fled
since the introduction of the National Security Law. He now lives in London. |
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18:13 |
Kris talks
about missing HK |
Upsound Lynn Do you miss
Hong Kong? Kris Yeah, I do.
Obviously. |
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18:18 |
Kris looking
at his phone |
VO Cheng counts
himself lucky though - he’s able to continue working as a freelance
journalist here. Some of his
colleagues back in Hong Kong have quit the profession altogether, hoping to
steer clear of the law. |
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18:34 |
Kris Cheng Journalist |
SOT After Apple
Daily was closed, there were other people who carried on as a taxi driver.
All kinds of job. Maybe there’s a way out. But it just feels like it’s too
dangerous to stay on. You don’t know whether or not at some point they will
go back and look at what you’ve done in the past. |
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18:56 |
Steve Vines
moving into his new home in the UK |
Upsound OK. VO After more
than 30 years in Hong Kong, Steve Vines has also moved back to the UK. Upsound I’d still
prefer to be in Hong Kong, but (shrugs) that’s not going to happen, I don’t
think. |
He moved to
HK in 1987 |
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19:15 |
Steve Vines Journalist |
VO He decided to
leave after receiving a warning from an acquaintance. SOT He laid out
what he thought was the likely succession of events and it was frankly, very
scary. Very scary. It was excruciatingly difficult to leave. I know this
sounds wishy washy but I do love Hong Kong. |
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19:36 |
Mak pours
herself a cup of tea, sits down at her desk. |
Upsound VO High profile journalists
and those working for pro-democracy outlets aren’t the only ones who
have fled Hong Kong. Virginia Mak was a reporter at an online news website that’s
largely seen as pro-establishment. |
Mak worked for
HK01 |
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19:55 |
Mak looking at
her post criticising handling of pandemic |
VO In January
2021, a post on her personal Facebook page caught the public’s attention. In it, Mak highlighted how a Covid-19 lockdown was affecting
lower-income people in her neighbourhood. |
https://www.facebook.com/mackkuam |
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20:12 |
Mak shows us
video of food parcel she received during Covid 19 lockdown |
VO In a
subsequent post, she criticised the contents of a
food parcel distributed by the government. |
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20:19 |
Virginia Mak Former
journalist |
SOT At first, I
didn’t think it was a big deal. But then I started getting weird phone calls.
And then people started scolding me in the comments. I started thinking, if I
continue being a journalist, how far can I go? How good can my reporting be?
And you know, the environment in Hong Kong is changing too quickly. You don’t
know what stories you can still write. |
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20:43 |
Mak shows us her
press pass |
VO She came to
London with just two bags and her press pass. Upsound Yes! It’s
been a long time ago! VO But Mak is no longer a journalist – she now works as a
secretary at a law firm. Upsound This proves I
once was a journalist! That’s why I brought it, and still keep it. If you ask
me, yes, I do miss it because I really liked this job. But… I don’t know.
Move on? |
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21:16 |
Virginia Mak Former
journalist |
SOT |
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21:32 |
Stand News
raid |
Upsound VO In Hong Kong,
the crackdown continues. At the end of
2021, 200 national security police raided Stand News, a pro-democracy news
website. Seven current
and former staff and board members were arrested. |
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/29/hong-kong-police-arrest-six-journalists-from-independent-media-outlet-stand-news https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/world/asia/hong-kong-stand-news-arrest.html |
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21:51 |
Steve Li HK police NSL department |
VO According to
national security police, they’d allegedly conspired to publish inflammatory
materials. SOT They attempted to
achieve the following objectives. Including inciting hatred, or contempt
towards the Hong Kong government, inciting hatred towards the Hong Kong
judicial system, inciting dissatisfaction among Hong Kong residents. |
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22:11 |
Ronson Chan
livestream |
Upsound We’re
national security police. No recording. Ronson I’m not
recording. I’m livestreaming. VO Police also
raided the home of Deputy Assignment Editor Ronson
Chan. VO Chan, who is
also chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, was taken in for
questioning, but released without charge.
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https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=fB79tpVANWo&t=66s |
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22:31 |
Ronson Chan Journalist |
SOT Of course there’d been
many rumours that Stand News would be targeted. But
no one had heard anything concrete. We didn’t think we’d been doing anything
wrong or breaking the law. And we couldn’t bear just giving up. So we continued. |
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22:52 |
Screengrab from
Al Jazeera website |
VO Hours after
the raid, Stand News announced it would cease operations. |
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22:59 |
Citizen News
press conference |
VO Days later,
independent news site, Citizen News said it too was shutting down. Chief Editor
Daisy Li blamed Hong Kong’s new environment. |
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23:11 |
Daisy Li Former
Citizen News Chief Editor |
SOT Actually, I
have no way of knowing if we publish this story, or this report or that quote
whether or not it will violate a regulation in this newly changed
environment. |
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23:36 |
Graphic of
email |
VO 101 East
contacted Chief Executive John Lee for comment. In an email,
a spokesperson said the government was “firmly committed to safeguarding the
freedoms of the press and speech”. But these
rights “can be restricted for reasons including protection of national
security”. The
government said “the media landscape in Hong Kong is as vibrant as ever”. |
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24:02 |
Protestors
prep for protest in London |
VO It’s clear
many disagree. |
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24:06 |
Kris Cheng Journalist |
SOT Press freedom
in HK is only going to get worse and worse. And we may have to rely more and
more on overseas news outlets. |
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24:16 |
UK protest |
Upsound Mad Dog
Media, Dare Media and Polymer Media have all announced their closure. VO More and
more, Hong Kongers overseas have also been speaking
up, |
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24:27 |
UK protest Steve Vines Journalist |
SOT It’s an
extraordinary thing that if you want to talk about Hong Kong nowadays, you
have to go overseas to do so freely. SOT All regimes
that want to control the narrative of what they are doing, feel that one of
their main duties is to control the media. And this is now being done with
great vigor. It is now a very dangerous thing to be a journalist in HK. Upsound protestor Press freedom
for all! |
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