Hong Kong media watchdog hit with complaints of ‘indecency’ over TV coverage of ‘Mr and Mrs Ho’
- Programme featuring whirlwind romance between 76-year-old local man and mainland Chinese woman, 43, called unsuitable for children
Hong Kong’s communication watchdog has received 51 complaints about a television current affairs programme that featured a whirlwind romance between an elderly local man and a younger mainland Chinese woman.
The Office of the Communications Authority said on Thursday that as of June 17, it had received 51 complaints from viewers about TVB show Scoop over its coverage of the couple.
“Complaints include feedback on how the programme’s plot was indecent and had poor values and about its content being unsuitable for children [and being] biased and misleading,” the authority said.
The watchdog added it would handle the complaints according to procedure.
The authority has received 134 complaints so far this year regarding Scoop, with the coverage on the Ho couple making up more than a third of the total.
The programme, which airs on TVB’s Jade Channel every weekday evening, is known for reporting on hot topics and disputes in the public sphere based on tip-offs from residents.
