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US-funded Radio Free Asia shuts down in Hong Kong over safety concerns

Surveillance cameras are seen as a visitor looks at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong
Surveillance cameras are seen as a visitor looks at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. The US-funded Radio Free Asia news service says its bureau in the territory has now closed because of safety concerns under a new national security law. Photograph: Louise Delmotte/AP

US-funded Radio Free Asia (RFA) has closed its Hong Kong bureau over safety concerns for its staff in the wake of a new national security law known as Article 23.

“Actions by Hong Kong authorities, including referring to RFA as a ‘foreign force’, raise serious questions about our ability to operate in safety with the enactment of Article 23,” its president, Bay Fang, said in a statement on Friday.

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