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Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong denies entry to Reporters Without Borders representative

Staffer was to observe Jimmy Lai trial; group slams 'new decline' in press freedom

A lawmaker holds a copy of Hong Kong's Safeguarding National Security Bill in the Legislative Council on March 19.    © AP

HONG KONG (AP) -- Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday that one of its representatives was denied entry into Hong Kong, calling it a "new decline" in the city's press freedoms.

According to the group, its Taipei-based staffer Aleksandra Bielakowska was stopped at the Hong Kong airport by immigration officers earlier in the day. She was detained, questioned and had her belongings searched three times before she was denied entry to Hong Kong, said the group, also known by its French acronym RSF.

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