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Added: Aug 26, 2009
A TV girl were suffer from unreasonable treatment from the Chengdu police when she tried to interview the Human right protector in Chengdu. (13/08/2009) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Related Break news (UPDATED in 5/9/2009) Three more Hong Kong journalist, including two from HKTVB,and one from Now TV were clubbed and pummel for two to three minutes by a large quantities of armed polices yesterday ,when they are interviewed the demonstrated in Urumqi . All the video they had captured have been destroyed as the armed police considerate that will tarnish the reputation of the country. Related Video From another TV operator : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9aFZgTDGKk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information about this video: TV girl in China drama Patsy Moy and Associated Press Thursday, August 13, 2009 The standard NOW TV has slammed mainland police for detaining one of its reporters and a cameraman for about seven hours yesterday on trumped-up drug accusations. The journalists were confined to their hotel rooms in Chengdu as cops carried out a search for suspected illegal drugs. But the broadcaster said the detention was a ploy to prevent its staff from covering the trial of a human rights activist in the Sichuan capital. NOW TV said Chengdu police did not find any drugs on reporter Wong Ka- yu or cameraman Wu Siu-wing, who were in the city to cover the trial of activist Tan Zuoren. Meanwhile, well-known artist and Beijing critic Ai Weiwei said he and 11 others were also detained and allegedly roughed up in a hotel by Chengdu police to prevent them from attending Tan's trial. Ai, a consultant for the Bird's Nest Olympic stadium in Beijing, was supposed to testify as a witness for Tan. Tan, 55, has been charged with subversion linked to his probe into the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the May 12 Sichuan earthquake last year, as well as for his writings on the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Tan's supporters and Amnesty International say the activist was detained because he planned to issue an independent report on the widespread collapse of school buildings in the quake, which might have been due to shoddy government construction. Tan denied all charges during yesterday's trial at the Chengdu Intermediate Court. The trial concluded after about three hours with no immediate ruling. NOW TV said Chengdu police officers burst into Wong and Wu's hotel rooms at 6am yesterday, claiming to search for drugs. The pair were then detained in their rooms till about 1pm. The officers rummaged through their personal belongings and searched every nook and cranny, including the contents of their video cameras. The operation was videotaped by the cameraman Wu, but police asked that the tapes be handed over. However, Wong was able to secretly bring away one of the tapes which NOW TV later shared with other Hong Kong broadcasters. Accusing mainland police of "obstructing normal news coverage," NOW TV said the action was regrettable. "We condemn Chengdu police for using an excuse to obstruct our reporter from carrying out her news reporting duty. We have filed our complaint with the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office and we appeal to the related departments to issue a clarification," its statement read. The Hong Kong Journalists Association said it is obvious the police had used the search as an excuse to prevent the reporter from carrying out her duty. It believes the heavy-handed reaction is related to the upcoming 60th anniversary of the People's Republic in October. The association will write to the Security Bureau and the Central Government Liaison Office to follow up on the incident. The Hong Kong News Executives' Association said the accusation of drug possession is a very serious matter. It also criticized mainland authorities for "crudely interfering" with press freedom. The SAR's Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau last night said staff from the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Chengdu had taken "immediate steps" to ascertain the situation when they were informed that two journalists required assistance. "The two reporters left the hotel in the afternoon," the bureau said. Wong has been with NOW TV for three years. She had been stationed in Beijing since June and is scheduled to leave Chengdu today for Hong Kong.
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