(REUTERS) Hong Kong activist’s newspaper column scrapped amid democracy row A well-respected Hong Kong newspaper has axed a weekly column by a political activist and hedge fund manager as the Asian financial centre braces for a wave of protests against Chinas decision to rule out full democracy. Columnist Edward Chin Chi-kin was told by the Chinese-language Hong Kong Economic Journal on Friday that his half-page weekly column that he had written since 2006 would be cancelled due to a new page design, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday. Chin, a member of a movement called Occupy Central that has threatened to blockade Hong Kongs financial district amid the democracy row, branded the move a political decision, the Post said. Chin and the Hong Kong Economic Journal did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The editorial policy of the Hong Kong Economic Journal had changed after it was bought in 2006 by Richard Li, chairman of telecom group PCCW and the younger son of billionaire businessman Li Ka-shing, the Post quoted Chin as saying. news.asiaone/news/asia/hong-kong-activist%E2%80%99s-newspaper-column-scrapped-amid-democracy-row
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 05:40:08 +0000
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