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Governor won't apologize for row with reporter
By Wang Xiang |
March 11, 2010, Thursday
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THE governor of Hubei Province has refused to apologize for threatening a reporter who raised an "improper" question and confiscating her Dictaphone on the sidelines of this year's National People's Congress meeting.
Governor Li Hongzhong said today that the incident was a misunderstanding. He told Xinhua news agency that he welcomes media coverage of negative news in Hubei as long as the reporting is fair.
He said he took the reporter's tape recorder because he thought she was an imposter as she hesitated when asked what media she represented, Guangdong-based New Express Daily reported today.
But according to earlier reports and witnesses, journalist Liu Jie said she was from the People's Daily before asking him to comment on a controversial case last year when a waitress was charged with murder for stabbing to death an official who was trying to rape her.
Li lost his composure on hearing the question, saying: "Are you really from the People's Daily? And how could you ask such a question as a mouthpiece of our Party? What's your name? I'll talk to your boss."
Li told the Guangdong newspaper that the reporter had claimed to be from People's Daily when really she worked for the Beijing Times, a newspaper under its jurisdiction.
"There is absolutely no need for an apology because the reporter and us officials are on the same side and are both striving to promote a harmonious society," New Express Daily quoted Li as saying. "The girl should be more lively and let it go."
Governor Li Hongzhong said today that the incident was a misunderstanding. He told Xinhua news agency that he welcomes media coverage of negative news in Hubei as long as the reporting is fair.
He said he took the reporter's tape recorder because he thought she was an imposter as she hesitated when asked what media she represented, Guangdong-based New Express Daily reported today.
But according to earlier reports and witnesses, journalist Liu Jie said she was from the People's Daily before asking him to comment on a controversial case last year when a waitress was charged with murder for stabbing to death an official who was trying to rape her.
Li lost his composure on hearing the question, saying: "Are you really from the People's Daily? And how could you ask such a question as a mouthpiece of our Party? What's your name? I'll talk to your boss."
Li told the Guangdong newspaper that the reporter had claimed to be from People's Daily when really she worked for the Beijing Times, a newspaper under its jurisdiction.
"There is absolutely no need for an apology because the reporter and us officials are on the same side and are both striving to promote a harmonious society," New Express Daily quoted Li as saying. "The girl should be more lively and let it go."
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