TheCommitteetoProtectJournalists(CPJ)condemnedananti--corruptionagency'sweekendraidsagainstatleastsixnewspapersinHongKong,callingthetactic"unnecessaryandheavy--handed."
OfficersfromtheIndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption(ICAC)launchedtheraidsafterthesixnewspapersreportedthenameofawitnessinafraudinvestigation.TheICAC,whichobtainedsearchwarrantsfortheraids,saidthatidentifyingthewomanviolatedawitnessprotectionlaw.
"ICACusedunnecessaryandheavy--handedtacticsthatseemdesignedtoharassandintimidate,"CPJExecutiveDirectorAnnCoopersaid."HongKongauthoritiesmustconductathoroughinvestigationintotheraidsandensurethatjournalistsareabletoworkwithoutexternalpressureorinterference."
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本文摘錄自美國保護記者委員會七月二十六日聲明