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US-funded Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong bureau over safety concerns under new security law
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The president of U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia says its Hong Kong bureau has been closed because of safety concerns under a new national security law, deepening concerns about the city’s media freedoms. Bay Fang, the president of RFA, said in a statement Friday that it will no longer have full-time staff in Hong Kong, although it would retain its official media registration. She says actions by Hong Kong authorities, including referring to RFA as a “foreign force,” raise serious questions about its ability to operate safely under the new law. Hong Kong, once seen as a bastion of media freedom in Asia, has already changed drastically since Bei

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