More than 200 complaints have been made against a television program, Headliner, for allegedly smearing the police's efforts to fight Covid-19. "As RTHK's editor-in-chief, the director of broadcasting is responsible for making the final editorial decisions in RTHK and is accountable for editorial decisions taken by RTHK program producers," a bureau spokesman wrote in a reply to the media yesterday. He said the office will give an account to the public afterwards. An RTHK spokesman said Monday that the station "understands the hard work of the police" during the epidemic but added Headliner offered a satirical perspective based on "different voices in the society." The RTHK Programme Staff Union on Monday urged the police to face public criticism and respect the station's editorial independence.

Source: The Standard February 18, 2020 19:07 UTC