[Fugitive Offenders Ordinance] Wired News Complaints Police Officers Roughly Treat 23 Frontline Interviewers

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Written by: Deng Yinglin

2019-11-22 23:23

The anti-reform demonstrations lasted for more than five months. The police repeatedly photographed unreasonable and rude treatment of frontline interviewers, such as unreasonably spraying pepper sprays, throwing tear gas, firing water cannons and lighting reporters with flashlights. Cable TV today (22nd) said it has formally filed a complaint with the Police Complaints Division, involving 23 interviewers.

The head of the Cable TV News Department submitted a complaint letter to the Police Complaints Division at noon today. (cable news screenshot)

Cable TV reported that since June, the police have repeatedly treated the frontline interviewers unreasonably and rudely. The head of the Department of Public Information submitted a complaint letter to the Police Complaints Division at noon today, mentioning that 23 frontline personnel were unreasonably and rudely treated by police officers during the past five months of interviewing the conflict.

Complaints include the police unreasonably obstructing interviews, pushing reporters, spraying pepper sprays on reporters, throwing tear gas, firing water cannons, illuminating reporters with flashlights and glare lights, and forcibly tearing down reporter protective masks.

Cable News stressed that it will never accept any violence against journalists and deliberately obstruct interviews, and urge the police to conduct a thorough investigation.

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