Chinese citizen journalist Zhan jailed for 4 years over Wuhan Covid-19 reporting..

A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for four years for her livestream reporting from Wuhan as the Covid-19 outbreak unfurled, her lawyer said Monday, almost a year after details of an “unknown viral pneumonia” surfaced in the central China city.

Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer, was sentenced at a brief hearing in a Shanghai court for allegedly “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” for her reporting in the chaotic initial stages of the outbreak.

Full story: https://hongkongfp.com/2020/12/28/chinese-citizen-journalist-faces-trial-for-wuhan-virus-reporting/

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