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HK Public Broadcaster Suspends Satirical Show After Government Reprimand

Verna Yu

   HONG KONG - Hong Kong's freedom of speech has suffered fresh setbacks
   after public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong was reprimanded by
   the government and forced to suspend a satirical show and apologize for
   allegedly insulting the police.

   The show, Headliner, which first aired in 1989, often poked fun at
   government officials and more recently, police officers, who have used
   heavy-handed tactics to deal with sometimes violent protests in the
   months-long anti-government movements in the semi-autonomous city.
   RTHK, the publicly funded, respected broadcaster, has been repeatedly
   attacked by the pro-China camp for its independent reporting and
   current affairs programs, which have won many awards over the years.