China said on Monday that the BBC journalist, arrested on Sunday during a protest in Shanghai, did not identify himself as a journalist, after the British television channel revealed that one of its staff was arrested and “beaten” by police.
“According to what the relevant authorities in Shanghai told us, he did not identify himself as a journalist and did not voluntarily present his press credentials,” said Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, appealing to the press to “respect the laws and Chinese regulations while in China”.
British public television, through a spokesperson, was “very concerned” this Sunday by confirming that image reporter Edward Lawrence “was attacked” in Shanghai, as shown by images shared on social networks, in which policemen dragging the handcuffed journalist. floor.
The BBC journalist was “beaten and kicked by police” before being arrested while covering one of the protests against the epidemic prevention measures in force in China.
Source: TSF
