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Hong Kong political cartoon axed after ‘pressure’

Hong Kong China Zunzi
A photo illustration shows the front page of the Ming Pao News and a cartoon by Wong Kei-kwan, who uses the pen name Zunzi. (Photo: AFP)

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong newspaper on Thursday scrapped a political cartoon after a four-decade run following a series of complaints by authorities, the cartoonist said, in what was seen as the latest blow to media freedom in the China-ruled city.

The Ming Pao Daily News said in a notice that starting from Sunday it would scrap the comic strip by Wong Kei-kwan, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent political cartoonists, which has been running since 1983 and is famous for its satirical take on Hong Kong and Chinese politics and society.

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