SWEDISH TECH FIRMS PULLS OUT FROM HONG KONG AND CHINA CITING SECURITY CONCERNS OF PRIVATE CITIZENS DATA

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• A Swedish firm that provides law implementation and government offices with the technology of extracting data from cell phones said it has pulled its business from Hong Kong.

The reason given by the company was due to the White House Chief’s order on July 14 stripping Hong Kong of its special status, said Mike Dickinson, deputy executive officer. That status had conceded Hon....