@hkdmovement · Post #8006 · 01/06/2025 18:51
Hong Kong weaponizes tax audits to suppress independent media Hong Kong authorities are penalizing journalists and media outlets with unjustified tax demands, targeting independent press before audits are finalized. 🔹 Eight media outlets & 20 journalists hit with sudden tax audits. 🔹 Some taxed for nonexistent companies or for periods before their outlets existed. 🔹 HK$700,000 demanded from media, HK$1 million from individuals. 🔹 Critics warn tax laws are now tools for political repression. #HongKong#PressFreedom#PoliticalRepression#IndependentMedia#TaxHarassment 香港利用稅務審查打壓獨立媒體 香港當局懲罰新聞機構和記者，以不合理稅款鎮壓獨立媒體。 🔹 8家媒體、20名記者* 突遭稅務審查。 🔹 部分遭要求支付不存在公司的稅款，甚至在 *媒體成立前已被審查 。 🔹 要求媒體繳納70萬港元，個別記者須支付100萬港元。 🔹 批評者警告：稅法已成政治打壓工具 。 #香港#新聞自由#政治打壓#獨立媒體#稅務迫害