HKSAR gov't blasts smears on Hong Kong's press freedom over Stand News court verdict

HONG KONG, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Friday demanded that Western countries, anti-China organizations, anti-China politicians and foreign media immediately stop their malicious attacks and smears on Hong Kong's press freedom.

A spokesperson for the HKSAR government has hit out at the statements by the United States, Britain and the European Union for "a