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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Oliver Holmes

‘Don’t say we didn’t warn you’: Hong Kong foreign media told not to cause trouble after fire

Police officers wearing PPE walk next to the Wang Fuk Court housing complex
Police officers wearing PPE walk next to the Wang Fuk Court housing complex after the deadly fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong, on 3 December. Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Beijing’s security agency in Hong Kong has summoned international journalists to inform them it will not tolerate “trouble-making”, following critical coverage of the deadly apartment complex fire that has left the territory reeling.

Senior reporters from several media outlets operating in the city were called to the Office for Safeguarding National Security (OSNS), which was set up by Beijing in 2020.

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