On Wednesday, former Hong Kong newspaper editor, Kevin Lau, was stabbed multiple times while getting into his car. He had been sacked from his job, and many of his colleagues were very angry. He had done nothing wrong, so they even signed a petition for him. Nobody knows why he was stabbed by a stranger. Lau got many fatal injuries from the attack, including a punctured lung. He is now being cared for in the hospital. The attack on Lau was just one of quite a few other attacks or movements against the Hong Kong press. Hong Kong leaders are afraid that if this behavior goes unsolved and unpunished for much longer, Hong Kong's reputation as a free and international city will suffer.
I wish they knew who the people are who have been attacking these journalists, and why. They must have some kind of major reason for it, since Hong Kong believes in freedom of the press and has for a while. I hope Kevin Lau heals soon, and that they can get to the bottom of these attacks.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/26/world/asia/kevin-lau-hong-kong-attack/index.html
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