Nabela Qoser accepts 3-month contract with RTHK
Local | 30 Jan 2021 4:30 pm
Well-known journalist Nabela Qoser, who enraged pro-government figures with her tough questioning of officials during the 2019 protests, has accepted a 120-day contract, a spokesman for RTHK said.
Qoser, an assistant program officer, had her 3-year contract terminated earlier, after an internal investigation into complaints made about her reporter continues.
The journalist's confrontational approach towards Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and other officials at press conferences amid the months of social unrest sparked a flood of complaints to RTHK, and she was accused of being aggressive and biased.
But she also received plenty of praise and was cleared of wrongdoing following an internal probe.
Last October, however, the investigation was re-opened, and Qoser had her probation period as a civil servant extended by 120 days until the end of January.
The RTHK Programme Staff Union earlier said the management had stated, only verbally, that this short contract will be on civil service terms.
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