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muriel_volestrangler

(101,155 posts)
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 06:48 AM Mar 2017

China congress: BBC team forced to sign confession

The women allege that their land was stolen from them and their father, in the ensuing dispute, was beaten so badly he eventually died.
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The road to her house was blocked by a large group of people and, within a few minutes, they'd assaulted us and smashed all of our cameras.
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After we left the village, we were chased down and had our car surrounded by a group of about 20 thugs.

They were then joined by some uniformed police officers and two officials from the local foreign affairs office, and under the threat of further violence, we were made to delete some of our footage and forced to sign the confession.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-39137293
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