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Hong Kong bureau of Washington-funded Radio Free Asia may quit city as domestic national security legislation expected to come into force
- Insider says station has four full-time and up to four part-time staff; some to move to Taiwan or Washington, some to lose jobs
- Source predicts station will be out of Hong Kong by end of March and says staff were told in February
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The Washington-funded news station Radio Free Asia may leave Hong Kong about the same time the city’s domestic national security bill is expected to be passed at the end of this month, a staff member has revealed.
The station, funded by the United States Agency for Global Media, a United States government body, was expected to move some of its Hong Kong staff to Taipei or to its Washington headquarters, the source added.
The radio station had four full-time staff in the city and three to four part-time employees, the insider said, adding some were expected to be made redundant.
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The source predicted the station would be out of Hong Kong by the end of the month.
The source said that the broadcaster had already informed staff of its plan to leave Hong Kong in late February, with its office to be handed back to the station’s landlord in mid-April.
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