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(Sky News) Demonstrators phoned by police after protests, witness says
Some people who attended the weekend's large-scale protests have since received phone calls from the police, a witness has said.
The female protester, who asked not to be named, told AFP news agency that she and five friends who were at the protest in Beijing were interrogated by police via phone call. She said the officers had demanded information about their movements, and alleged that in one case an officer had visited her friend's home after they refused to answer their phone.
"He said my name and asked me whether I went to the Liangma river last night… he asked very specifically how many people were there, what time I went, how I heard about it," the protester said. "The police stressed that last night's protest was an illegal assembly, and if we had demands then we could submit them through the regular channels."
She added the officer was mostly "even-toned" during the call, and that she would likely still attend future protests. It is not clear how police discovered the identities of some protesters.
Some people who attended the weekend's large-scale protests have since received phone calls from the police, a witness has said.
The female protester, who asked not to be named, told AFP news agency that she and five friends who were at the protest in Beijing were interrogated by police via phone call. She said the officers had demanded information about their movements, and alleged that in one case an officer had visited her friend's home after they refused to answer their phone.
"He said my name and asked me whether I went to the Liangma river last night… he asked very specifically how many people were there, what time I went, how I heard about it," the protester said. "The police stressed that last night's protest was an illegal assembly, and if we had demands then we could submit them through the regular channels."
She added the officer was mostly "even-toned" during the call, and that she would likely still attend future protests. It is not clear how police discovered the identities of some protesters.
