News Snapshot:
Hong Kong media exec says HSBC accounts frozen after arrest By AFP A top Hong Kong media executive said Thursday that HSBC had frozen his account after he and others from his pro-democracy newspaper were arrested under a new national security law Beijing imposed on the city. Cheung Kim-hung, chief executive officer of Next Digital Limited, told the group’s flagship newspaper Apple Daily that he could not withdraw or transfer money from his personal HSBC account, although his credit card was still working. “The bank did not notify me,†Cheung said. “I found some functions were unusable only when I...
