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The BBC said on Sunday Chinese police assaulted one of its journalists covering a protest in Shanghai and detained him for several hours, but China disputed the account and said he had not identified himself as a reporter.

and detained him for several hours, but China disputed the account and said he had not identified himself as a reporter.is extremely concerned about the treatment of our journalist Ed Lawrence, who was arrested and handcuffed while covering the protests in Shanghai,” a spokesperson for the British public service broadcaster said in a statement.

Speaking in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said the BBC’s statement did not reflect what had happened, and that he did not identify himself as a reporter or show his press credentials. “When the incident happened, law enforcement personnel asked people to leave, and when certain people did not cooperate, they were taken away from the scene.”

 

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