{"id":379269,"date":"2018-10-01T17:39:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T16:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/assault-accusations-fly-after-chinese-state-reporter-kicked-out-of-tory-conference-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2018-10-01T17:39:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T16:39:14","slug":"assault-accusations-fly-after-chinese-state-reporter-kicked-out-of-tory-conference-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/assault-accusations-fly-after-chinese-state-reporter-kicked-out-of-tory-conference-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Assault accusations fly after Chinese state reporter kicked out of Tory Conference \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.10\/thumbnail\/5bb23391fc7e93401f8b45c9.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        A Chinese reporter has been involved in a fracas at an event on Hong Kong at the Tory Party Conference, with claims she \u201cassaulted\u201d a volunteer, while CCTV, her employer, claim it was in fact their journalist who was attacked.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Video footage of the incident shows Chinese TV reporter, Kong Linlin, shouting <em>\u201cHong Kong puppet\u201d<\/em> at a panel organised by Hong Kong Watch, a UK-based lobbying group formed by Conservatives human rights activist Benedict Rogers and boasting luminaries of British politics &#8211; including patrons, former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown and Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who served as a Tory minister under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J9bd04kkGbg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Adam Kerson<\/p>\n<p>Linlin can be heard screaming <em>\u201cleave me alone\u201d<\/em> before being seen to hit a volunteer at the event, who, according to Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP), is believed to be Enoch Lieu, a British Keele University graduate who was born in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>Lieu told HKFP that he had tried get the Chinese reporter to leave the room, but was refusing to do so before what he describes as an assault from the female journalist \u2013 claiming she slapped him twice in the face. Video footage does not conclusively prove this to be the case.<\/p>\n<p>Lieu said: <em>\u201cI always know events on Hong Kong will attract hostile attention from China, however I wasn\u2019t expecting I [would] be assaulted by a CCTV reporter right at the party conference.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The reporter continued her shouting and whilst I was trying to escort her out, she accused me of trying to silence her. Then I said no miss you have to go. All of a sudden, she slapped me in my face,&#8221;<\/em> he added<\/p>\n<p>The event, entitled<em> \u201cThe Erosion of Freedom, the Rule of Law and Autonomy in Hong Kong,\u201d<\/em> was attended by Rogers, Fiona Bruce MP for Congleton in Cheshire, along with Hong Kong pro-democracy figures.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, state television broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) released a statement claiming that their reporter was<em> \u201cblocked and assaulted when she raised a question and expressed her opinion,\u201d<\/em> and have demanded an apology.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/440020-rees-mogg-libya-jam\/\">READ MORE: \u2018The People&#8217;s Republic of Jam Jar\u2019 \u2013 Rees-Mogg condemned for \u2018casually racist\u2019 comment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for CCTV said that such behaviour towards their employee was <em>\u201cunacceptable\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cthe organizer of [the] event must apologize to our journalist, and the UK police should protect her legitimate rights.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman for West Midlands police said:<em> \u201cPolice were called to hall 11 at the ICC yesterday at 2.30pm after reports a disturbance had broken out during a talk on Hong Kong. A 48-year-old woman from King\u2019s Cross, London, was arrested on suspicion of common assault. She remains in police custody.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s only been two days of the Conservatives\u2019 party conference, but it\u2019s already caused controversy, with half-full auditoriums for the main speakers, Jacob Rees-Mogg making offensive <em>\u201cjam jar\u201d<\/em> remarks about Libya and <em>\u201cchuck Chequers badges-gate\u201d<\/em> all grabbing the headlines so far.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/subscribe\/\" id=\"subscribe-focus\">Subscribe<\/a> to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won\u2019t tell you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/440044-chinese-reporter-assault-tory\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chinese reporter has been involved in a fracas at an event on Hong Kong at the Tory Party Conference, with claims she \u201cassaulted\u201d a volunteer, while CCTV, her employer, claim it was in fact their journalist who was attacked. 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