Original title: mainland female journalists were besieged by Hong Kong media. Guangdong Journalists Association condemned: some Hong Kong journalists were rude and trampled on press freedom
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On the afternoon of August 20, Chen Xiaoqian, the head of Guangdong Radio and Television Hong Kong reporter station, was surrounded by some Hong Kong media reporters and questioned his reporter identity and normal interview methods after a normal interview at the press conference of Hong Kong Police Headquarters. According to the Guangdong Journalists Association Network on August 21, this afternoon, the Guangdong Journalists Association issued a statement strongly condemning the gross and unreasonable infringement of journalists' legitimate interview rights and interests.
Screenshot of Guangdong Journalists Association statement
The full text of the statement is as follows:
On the afternoon of August 20, Chen Xiaoqian, the head of Guangdong Radio and Television Hong Kong reporter station, was surrounded by some Hong Kong media reporters and questioned his reporter identity and normal interview methods after a normal interview at the press conference of Hong Kong Police Headquarters. We are highly concerned about this. Express concern and condolences to the unfair experience of reporter Chen Xiaoqian! I would like to pay high tribute to the professionalism and restraint shown by reporter Chen Xiaoqian when he suffered injustice! Strongly condemns some Hong Kong media reporters for their gross and unreasonable violations of journalists' legitimate rights and interests!
Journalists enjoy inviolable personal rights and interview rights according to law. The rude acts of some Hong Kong Journalists infringe upon the personal freedom and legitimate rights and interests of journalists, and trample on the freedom of the press. Guangdong journalists' Association firmly supports journalists' legitimate interview activities, and strongly appeals to some media in Hong Kong to face up to wrong words and deeds and to provide a fair and fair news interview atmosphere in Hong Kong.
Guangdong Journalists Association
August 21, 2019
According to previous reports, on the 20th, at the regular press conference of the Hong Kong Police, a female reporter from the mainland was surrounded by Hong Kong media reporters because they believed that the reporter photographed other reporters present at the press conference. After the press conference, nearly 20 Hong Kong media reporters present surrounded the female reporter, forced her to show her documents and accused her of being a police officer. The police repeatedly tried to escort the reporter away from the scene, but was obstructed. After verification, the reporter was Chen Xiaoqian, a reporter of Guangdong television in Hong Kong.
Chen Xiaoqian released a circle of friends in the early morning of the 21st and put forward a series of questions, 'everyone is a reporter. Isn't it the professionalism that every journalist should have to objectively and truly present the on-site report of the press conference? I want to question you! Why can your reporters from apple daily question my right to interview? What right do you have to investigate my interview right? Is that what you call freedom of the press?! "
Chen Xiaoqian's unit, Guangdong television, issued a solemn statement for the first time, strongly condemning the impolite treatment of journalists.