Chinese Reporter Says on State TV He Filed Fake Reports for Cash
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A Chinese journalist detained by police from Hunan province for allegedly defaming a state-owned company said he accepted payments in exchange for releasing fabricated reports, China Central Television said.
In footage broadcast as part of a nine-minute report aired yesterday, Chen Yongzhou was heard to say in an interview with two uniformed police officers that the information he released was “absolutely not objective.” Handcuffed and with his head shaved, the reporter for the Xinkuaibao newspaper said, “I’m willing to admit to the crime and repent.”