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China denies alleged attack on foreign journalists (December 3, 2008, AP)
Local Chinese officials on Wednesday denied allegations by a Belgian television crew that they had been attacked while trying to report on the HIV epidemic in a hard-hit rural village, state media said. An initial investigation by Henan officials found that the journalists "were not attacked but were only jostled," the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing comments by Wang Yuejin, a spokesman with Henan's foreign affairs bureau. According to the journalists' account, assailants pulled members of the crew from their vehicle, beat them and took their notes, money and other equipment.
Local Chinese officials on Wednesday denied allegations by a Belgian television crew that they had been attacked while trying to report on the HIV epidemic in a hard-hit rural village, state media said. An initial investigation by Henan officials found that the journalists "were not attacked but were only jostled," the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing comments by Wang Yuejin, a spokesman with Henan's foreign affairs bureau. According to the journalists' account, assailants pulled members of the crew from their vehicle, beat them and took their notes, money and other equipment.
