Sarah Palin and other world leaders have leapt to the defence of Tong Fuk after WikiLeaks documents revealed the village’s role in the USA’s global critical infrastructure.

The WikiLeaks document contains a list of key US resources worldwide, including PCCW’s international cable station at Tong Fuk beach.

Palin and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have warned that release of the document makes Tong Fuk, and the 3,000 other places on the list, terrorist targets.

Said a local resident, who declined to be identified for fear of terrorist reprisals: “If it hadn’t been for the five-storey PCCW building and the warning signs on the beach we would never have known it was there.”