Amnesty sacking of local director to be reviewed

AMNESTY International's Hongkong section has delayed the firing of its director, pending a detailed review of the human rights group's local financial situation.

The section's four-person executive committee decided in November to dismiss Miss Shim Yan-shan and an office assistant, effective at the end of December, as part of a cost-cutting exercise to stem monthly losses of $20,000.

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