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Labour authorities have asked Hong Kong’s biggest journalists’ group to justify its activities and provide additional financial information about its operations, amid fears of deteriorating press freedoms in the global financial hub. The investigation came hot on the heels of the closure of two online news portals, Stand News and Citizen News, with the former being accused of publishing articles breaching the Beijing-decreed national security law. The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) revealed on Friday it had received a letter from the Registry of Trade Unions earlier this week demanding it provide additional financial information, on top of the annual...
