My Take | Storm in a teacup for big Hong Kong egos

Oh well, so Eric Ng Ka-lim was not sacked for political reasons after all, according to Morris Ho and Albert "Taipan" Cheng King-hon, co-founders of internet radio station D100, and in Cheng's case, my fellow Post columnist.

Ng was rather let go because not being an employee, Cheng and Ho said he could not have been sacked in a letter to this paper's letters page today. It's all semantic.

But what led to this mutual agreement between Ng, described as "a content provider", and Cheng's station to end "that cooperation" between them? Ho and Cheng certainly don't mince words: "We consider the anti-Occupy Central march, in which Mr Ng acted as master of ceremonies, a deceptive move to strip Hongkongers of their rights to genuine democracy.

"At D100, we do not see our work as merely a job, but as a mission. Mr Ng went down a separate path when he opted to become involved in the march and D100 could not tolerate this. We stand by our decision and have no reason to apologise."

So, you have heard it from the horse's mouth. Ng was let go, removed, "agreed" to leave - pick your choice of verbs - because of his political stance and belief. Now, what do we in Hong Kong call this sort of thing? Is this censorship, editorial interference, political persecution, or did Ng have it coming for joining such a dastardly movement?

Of course, Cheng and the pan-democrats jumped up and down when Commercial Radio sacked Li Wei-ling, the former current affairs programme host. Now, Edward Chin Chi-kin, a core member of Occupy Central, is the latest cause célèbre for press freedom after the Hong Kong Economic Journal dumped his weekly column.