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BNP Apologizes for Employee’s Posting on Hong Kong Protests

  • Employee deleted offensive posting after BNP takes action
  • French lender is latest firm to respond amid rising tensions
Demonstrators during a flash mob protest at the IFC Mall, Sept. 12.
Demonstrators during a flash mob protest at the IFC Mall, Sept. 12.Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg
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BNP Paribas SA became the latest global firm to be dragged into the tensions roiling Hong Kong after the French lender publicly apologized for a posting on an employee’s personal social media account.

The lender’s statement on its website came after an unidentified employee made remarks on Facebook about a pro-Beijing group singing the Chinese national anthem at a shopping mall in the city’s central business district last week, according to a person familiar with the situation, who asked not to be identified discussing a private matter.