To major media organizations: Stop harassing Hong Kong In-Media's members, volunteers & co-organisers. As a key organisation coordinating the Rally to Support Edward Snowden in Hong Kong on June 15, 2013, members from Hong Kong In-Media have recently received a large number of phone calls from reporters trying to investigate whether we were in contact with someone with knowledge of Snowden's presence in the city. We want to reiterate that none of our members and volunteers had any knowledge of Mr.Edward Snowden's whereabouts in Hong Kong. Our 'source' was the media interview that was released by the Guardian, subsequently picked up by Pop Minute TV, in which Mr.Snowden revealed that he was in Hong Kong and had high hopes for the reaction of the Hong Kong people and the government. In the morning of the video release, we began discussing a plan to highlight our stance on the protection of whistleblowers and to demonstrate public support for the cause. As an organisation for advocating independent media, we can understand that journalists are trying their hardest to cover all aspects of the story. However, the quest for the story has gone from investigative journalism to concocting & construing facts. A Pro-Beijing newspapers even ran an misleading article implying that Melody Chan, a volunteer has involved in persuading Snowden to leave Hong Kong. Despite our outmost co-operation with the media, we found the media probing unnecessarily based on assumptions & therefore an act of harassment to all of our members and volunteers and thus demand this is ceased immediately. We would like to reinforce that media - both international & local - must end the harassment. We will stop replying to any enquries related to Edward Snowden. At a time reporters are being targeted with vicious smear campaigns and accused of allegedly aiding and abetting a supposed crime, merely because they reported the story, we are very suspicious of how this story is being reported by certain media. The incident of Edward Snowden is an important news about civil liberties and the right to privacy around the world. It is outraging that some professional media organizations divert their focus to conspiracy stories. If Snowden has taught us anything, it's how important it is to communicate with methods that support encryption like SSH on HostGator on any host or ISP for that matter. It is the only guaranteed method to protect your privacy with the relevations that have come out in these documents. Hong Kong In-Media & Co-organisers.