Hong Kong: SC group censored June 4th special feature · Global Voices
Oiwan Lam

Daisy, an editor from Esquire, a lifestyle magazine under South China media group in Hong Kong, disclosed in her blog that the top management banned the publication of 15 pages June 4th special feature in its latest issue. The top rank company staff, after looking at the layout, said the special feature is an act of “incitement” and told their staffs that they could resign if they disagreed. The whole process is very brutal. Below is a full translation of her blog post.
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A never to be published June 4th Special Issue
前一天還慶幸自己在一家包容性和多元性皆強的雜誌工作。
六四專題難做，lifestyle 雜誌的六四專題更難做，論政治性新聞性，我們不比跟日報比媲，想義正嚴詞大呼平反六四又怕老氣橫秋，經過不斷的推倒重來，我們找到了方向，並實踐了。
文章寫好、相片拍好、layout 砌好，甚至已經送往印刷，但最後，因為大老闆的一個電話，專題被抽掉，同時，有關該期雜誌中所有提及六四字眼的文章，皆要經過修改，三小時之後，這個六四專題真的可以消失得無影無踪，彷彿從未出現過。
然後，一個狐假虎威的公司高層，把我和幾位相關的同事叫到會議室，會議室氣氛很凝重，我們似是犯下彌天大禍。那名高層手拿著那份專輯的 copy，上面的文字被黃色的螢光筆畫得一塌糊塗，然後她將「有問題」的句子逐句讀出，說：「這是煽動。」當然還有一堆不知所謂的說法，包括公司的決定毋須要向員工解釋，若有不滿同事可以隨時離職等屁話，還假猩猩的問大家有何意見。
他媽的我還可以有甚麼意見，你是老闆，你說了算，但她居然還說我像是不認同公司立場，我是打工，但不是你的走狗，無須甚麼屁都要與公司同一立場吧！你有權禁止你認為有損害公司在內地生意利益的東西刊出，你有權炒我，我有權不做，但是你不必像文字獄般逐隻字審查我那一字有煽動成份，這裡是香港，不是大陸，而且即使這份專題寫著我名字去大陸派我也不信有人要捉我去打把，別弄得像是我們犯了殺頭般的大罪似的。
撫心自問，是次六四專題的文字圖片內容，不算處理得特別出色，當中也沒有甚或驚天動地的內幕要爆，但是我不憤。
好可怕。我原本覺得壹傳媒偏激，但我發現，原來香港剩下願意咆哮聲音的，或許只有它了。
好可怕。原來沒有人抹殺香港的新聞和言論自由，是我們的媒體集團為利益甘願放棄。
好可怕。從前覺得內地用強硬的手段，又捉又打又軟禁的，控制人們的言行，好可怕，之後感覺近年好像好了點，到奧運時又好像再好了一點。但現在，我發現，原來軟霸權更可怕，中國強大了，他們不必再用任 physically 的手法打壓人們，只要不讓你回國經商，那麼想賺錢的人們便會乖乖收聲。我感覺如此情況還將繼續發展，中國好野！
2009年5月26日，《君子雜誌》的 143 至 156 頁被他們抽走了，但他們不能在日曆上抽了六月四日。感謝歷史讓我們看清商人的真貌。
South China Media group
Under the SC media group, there are a number of lifestyles and entertainment magazines including: Jessica, marie claire, HIM, Esquire, CarPlus, Xp weekly, 3 weekly, Capital Weekly, Capital Money, Capital, Capital CEO, Capital Entrepreneur and SC kid.
SC media is a subsidiary of South China Holding Limited, which is an investment holding company with subsidiaries involved in investment, financial services, media, and the manufacture of shoes, toys and micro-motors.