Chinese Authorities Drag Olympic Reporter Away During Live Broadcast

A shocking video on Friday reveals just how far Chinese security will go to shut down freedom of the press during the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

In the video, a Dutch reporter is seen being grabbed by a Chinese security official outside the arena during a live broadcast of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, according to Insider.

The reporter, Sjoerd den Daas, of Dutch outlet NOS Nieuws, is seen in the clip being pushed and shoved away from his camera by a black-jacketed Chinese security agent.

Chinese authorities did not inform NOS what rule the reporter supposedly broke, but the outrageous clip is evidence that the Chinese will brook no freedom of the press during what some are referring to as the “genocide games.”

WATCH:

Onze correspondent @sjoerddendaas werd om 12.00u live in het NOS Journaal door beveiligers voor de camera weggetrokken. Helaas is dit steeds vaker de dagelijkse realiteit voor journalisten in China. Hij is in orde en kon zijn verhaal gelukkig een paar minuten later afmaken pic.twitter.com/GLTZRlZV96

— NOS (@NOS) February 4, 2022

In its Tweet of the video clip, NOS wrote: “Our correspondent [den Daas] was pulled away from the camera by security guards at 12:00 pm live in the NOS Journaal. Unfortunately, this is increasingly becoming a daily reality for journalists in China. He is fine and was able to finish his story a few minutes later.”- READ MORE