Sha Lei was pushed, shoved and obstructed by plainclothes police, and Hua Chunying’s lies were exposed (Photo source: video screenshot)
Recently, netizens made a video to debunk Hua Chunying’s lie that “British BBC journalist Sha Lei was not threatened”. The BBC reporter, Sha Lei, has been working in China for nine years and has been harassed and threatened by plainclothesmen appointed by the Chinese Communist Party, especially after he won several awards for his reporting on human rights issues of Uighurs in Xinjiang, and the threats from the Chinese Communist Party have intensified.
According to the BBC, Sha Lei has won several awards for his reporting on human rights issues for Uighurs in the Xinjiang region. The BBC said it was proud of Sha Lei’s reporting, and that he and his team faced surveillance, threats of legal action, obstruction and intimidation wherever they filmed in China. The Chinese Communist Party has condemned the BBC’s coverage of Xinjiang.
According to the report, Sha Lei has now left Beijing with his family to work in Taiwan, and he and his family were followed by plainclothes police all the way to the airport and check-in lobby. He is still working as a China correspondent for the BBC.
The video posted by netizens shows Hua Chunying saying at a press conference about Sha Lei’s departure, “We have just learned that Sha Lei left without saying goodbye, and we don’t know what the situation is. He left the country abnormally because he did not fulfill the formalities that a foreign resident journalist should fulfill before leaving the country. We also haven’t heard of any Chinese government, Chinese authorities, threatening him. So if Sha Lei believes that his reporting is fair and objective, then he should be brave enough to answer the case without fear. If there is evidence that he is being threatened, he should call the police and we will protect his safety, but what is he running for? What does that tell you?”
Netizens said that those who followed and threatened Sha Lei were all plainclothes Chinese Communist Party police officers, so how else could the police be called?
The video on the right shows an attempt by Sha Lei to interview a Beijing independent candidate in 2016, which resulted in pushing, shoving and obstruction by plainclothes police officers. Sha Lei said there were 20 to 25 people in front of the house, and they couldn’t move forward to get close to the house, and others came up to block the camera. Finally, those plainclothes police officers simply used violence and pushed Sha Lei and other people away.
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