UK Warns HK Media Freedom Must Be Upheld After Lai apos;s Arrest

LONDON, kynghidongduong.vn Aug 10 (Reuters) - A national security law is being used to silence opposition in Hong Kong where media freedom needs to be maintained, a junior British Foreign Office minister said on Monday, after the arrest of media tycoon Jimmy Lai.

"Deeply concerned by arrest of Jimmy Lai & 6 others in #HongKong," Nigel Adams said on Twitter.

"Media freedom must be upheld. More evidence the National security law being used as pretext to silence opposition." (Reporting by Costas Pitas, cửu trại câu editing by Estelle Shirbon)