China Says Police ‘Properly Handled’ Reporters at Protest
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China’s Foreign Ministry said some journalists at the site of a planned protest in Beijing on Feb. 27 had broken reporting rules, disrupting “normal order,” and that police “properly handled” the situation.
Several journalists said they were forcibly removed and detained without explanation as they tried to report from Wangfujing Street on protests called to demand an end to corruption and misrule. A Bloomberg News reporter was beaten by at least five plain-clothes men in front of uniformed police.