The Hong Kong government has rejected the visa renewal application of the Financial Times’ top news editor in Asia, the first time an FT journalist has had such accreditation denied by local authorities.
Victor Mallet, a veteran foreign correspondent who has run the FT’s news operations in Asia for almost two years, applied to renew his work visa last month but his application was rejected, without any explanation.
“The Hong Kong authorities have rejected an application to renew the work visa of Victor Mallet, Asia news editor at the Financial Times,” the FT said in a statement. “This is the first time we have encountered this situation in Hong Kong. We have not been given a reason for the rejection.”
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