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APEC hosts Indonesia on October 7 denied stifling press freedom after withdrawing the credentials of several Hong Kong journalists for shouting questions at President Benigno Aquino III. “We deemed it improper for media to act that way, as they didn’t talk normally but they were very demonstrative, like they were protesting,” Gatot Dewa Broto, the Indonesian communications ministry official who is in charge of the APEC media center in Bali, said. They were free to remain in Bali, but could no longer access the media center or venues being used for the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. The Hong Kong Journalists’ Association protested the move.
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