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Assailant hacks ex-Hong Kong editor with cleaver

By Kelvin Chan
Published February 26, 2014 10:25pm ET
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Assailant hacks ex-Hong Kong editor with cleaver
in this January 13, 2014 photo, former Ming Pao chief editor Kevin Lau Chun-to is seen outside his office building in Hong Kong. The former editor of a Hong Kong newspaper whose abrupt dismissal in January sparked protests over press freedom has been stabbed, police said on Wednesday. Police said a man wearing a motorcycle helmet “suddenly” attacked Kevin Lau on Wednesday morning with a knife and then fled on a motorcycle driven by another man. (AP Photo/Str) | AP

HONG KONG (AP) — The former editor of a Hong Kong newspaper whose abrupt dismissal in January sparked protests over press freedom is in critical condition after being hacked Wednesday by an assailant with a meat cleaver, police said.

Police said a man wearing a motorcycle helmet attacked Kevin Lau in a residential neighborhood and then fled on a motorcycle driven by another man.

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