British Business Minister, Award Shapps, said on Monday that there was not a good reason for media covering fights to be beaten by the police.
When the BBC claimed earlier on Sunday that Chinese police had assaulted and detained one of its journalists in Shanghai, Shapps made these remarks.
“There can be absolutely no excuse whatsoever for journalists who are simply covering the protests going on to be beaten by the police. I know that’s a considerable concern,” Shapps told Sky News.
Shanghai is one of various Chinese urban communities that have seen fights over rigid Coronavirus limitations, which erupted as of late following a destructive fire in the country’s far west. (Reuters/NAN)
