Chinese citizen journalist arrested after reporting on coronavirus from Wuhan


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Zhang Zhan is being held in police custody in Shanghai’s Pudong district on public disturbance charges, her father confirms The 37-year-old live-streamed from the outbreak epicentre in February and wrote an article critical of the authorities’ response Zhang Zhan is being held in police custody in Shanghai’s Pudong district on public disturbance charges, her father confirms. A former lawyer and citizen journalist who reported on the coronavirus outbreak from central China has been formally arrested on public disturbance charges in Shanghai, her father has confirmed. The family was notified on Friday of Zhang Zhan’s arrest for allegedly “picking quarrels and...