RCMP restrain Chinese reporter after tussle at Harper event

[CHIMO]

Source: CBC News

A Chinese reporter was hauled away by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s RCMP security detail Friday after he grabbed a microphone and tried to ask Harper a question during a news conference at a mine in northern Quebec.

The reporter had just been involved in a brief physical altercation with Harper’s press secretary, Julie Vaux, as he waited in line to ask his question.

Li Xue Jiang, Canadian bureau chief for the Chinese People's Daily, is one of 10 reporters travelling with Harper on his tour of the North this week.

Li refused to apologize Friday and said the prime minister’s office should apologize to him: "Why should I apologize? They should apologize to me for being unfair and depriving me of my right to ask a question."



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/08/23/pol-harper-northern-tour-chinese-reporter-rcmp-tussle.html

[PDJane]

1. Sight unseen, I have to say I'm with the reporter.

[jtuck004]

2. Tried to commit journalism, no wonder. Just try that here...n/t

[DiverDave]

3. Wait, what??

if he would have done that at home, he would be dead...he needs to apologize.
To get agro because he couldnt ask a question is psychotic.