On Monday, the Chief Editor and Chief Writer of @hkcnews_com said their decision to close is due to the closure of #StandNews. "We could not rule out that [...] we might be exposed to some risks," said Chris Yeung. My latest with colleagues: dw.com/en/hong-kong-s…
"The decision was made within a short period of time. The trigger point was the fate of Stand News. We could not rule out that [...] we might be exposed to some risks," said Chris Yeung, CitizenNews' chief writer and former president of HKJA.
Established in 2017, Citizen News described itself as independent, with no party affiliation and promoting freedom, openness, diversity and inclusion. It had 40 employees.
"We have never forgotten our original intent. Sadly, we can no longer strive to turn our beliefs into reality without fear because of the sea change in the society over the past two years and the deteriorating media environment," Citizen News said in a statement on Monday.
"For Hong Kong's journalists, Stand News and Citizen News had become 'lifeboats', along with inMedia, they were the only independent Chinese language news outlets still standing in Hong Kong," Yuen Chan told DW.
"In many ways, today’s announcement is not a surprise — it was a matter of time," she told DW. "But the speed at which these events have occurred — in a matter of months — is brutal."
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