Hong Kong's pro-democracy online Citizens' Radio station will cease operations on Friday owing to what its founder described as a ‘dangerous’ political situation and the freezing of its bank account
An antenna is set up on a street in Hong Kong's Mongkok shopping district as pro-democracy activists Leung Kwok-hung and Tsang Kin-shing , a host at Citizens' Radio, along with pro-democracy lawmakers Emily Lau and Lee Wing-tat , take part in a broadcast despite a government warning January 10, 2008. The banner at the back reads, "I need universal suffrage.
Its closure represents a further erosion of Hong Kong's media diversity, critics say, with a China-imposed national security law having already led to the shutting of other liberal outlets including the Apple Daily newspaper and Stand News. Hong Kong authorities have repeatedly said that media freedoms are respected and enshrined in city laws. The government denies cracking down on dissent but has said the protests in 2019 threatened the stability upon which the financial hub's economic success depends.
Citizens' Radio submitted an application for a broadcasting licence in 2005 but it was never granted. It was later raided by the Office of the Communications Authority for allegedly using an illegal radio transmitter for FM broadcasting, but the station continued to broadcast online.
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