Protesters slam 'cockroach' broadcaster RTHK

Protesters slam 'cockroach' broadcaster RTHK

More than a hundred people gathered outside Broadcasting House in Kowloon Tong on Saturday morning to protest against what they say is anti-government bias in RTHK's programmes.



Jackson Kwan, a chairman of the organisers Polithk Social Strategic, said RTHK acts as an "accomplice" to anti-government protesters, by cutting off pro-government callers to phone-in radio programmes.



The demonstrators chanted slogans, calling RTHK a "cockroach radio station", making reference to a term many Hong Kong police officers use to dehumanise pro-democracy protesters.



"We have to tell the government to close down this station! Let me tell you, rioters have become what they are now because RTHK acted as an accomplice!" Kwan told the crowd.



The demonstrators also signed letters of complaint which demanded the Director of Broadcasting come to talk to them, as well a complete overhaul of RTHK's operations.



A representative of the public broadcaster went outside to receive the letters from the demonstrators.



The crowd outside Broadcasting House was much smaller than a previous protest involving similar complaints last August.



Kwan said fewer people had turned up this time because they were "disillusioned".