WSJ Publisher Convicted in Hong Kong of Trying to Stop Reporter From Leading Union
The case stemmed from Selina Cheng’s 2024 bid to lead the Hong Kong Journalists Association; Dow Jones was later cleared of unlawfully firing her.
TL;DR
- Dow Jones Publishing Co. (Asia) Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, was convicted in Hong Kong.
- The conviction relates to attempts to stop reporter Selina Cheng from leading the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) in 2024.
- The court found the publisher guilty of illegally preventing Cheng from exercising her legal right to become a union officer.
- The case occurs in a context of tightened media controls in Hong Kong after the 2020 national security law.