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China Ambassador accuses UK of slander over incident With BBC

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 29 Nov 2022 21:13
2 Min Read

Earlier today, the Chinese Ambassador to the UK was summoned to the British Foreign Office on Tuesday for a dress-down over the incident which involved allegations over the beating of BBC journalist Edward Lawrence.

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    Earlier today, the Chinese Ambassador to the UK was summoned to the British Foreign Office on Tuesday

The Chinese embassy to the UK published a statement on Tuesday accusing London of slandering China over an incident that involved the alleged beating of a BBC journalist by Chinese law enforcement in Shanghai.

Earlier today, the Chinese Ambassador to the UK was summoned to the British Foreign Office on Tuesday for a dress-down over the incident in which BBC journalist Edward Lawrence was allegedly detained and beaten on Monday by the police while covering a protest against Covid-19 restrictions in Shanghai on Sunday.

During a press brief, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that the journalist "refused to go and the entire time did not identify himself as a journalist. The police then took him away from the scene. After verifying his identity and informing him of pertinent laws and regulations, the police let him leave. [...] This BBC journalist refused to cooperate with the police’s law enforcement efforts and then acted as if he were a victim."

"The BBC immediately twisted the story and massively propagated the narrative that its journalist had been “arrested” and “beaten” by police while he was working, simply to try to paint China as the guilty party. This deliberate distortion of truth is all too familiar as part of the BBC’s distasteful playbook," the spokesman added.

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