Chinese Citizen Journalist Gets 4-Yr Jail Term For Coronavirus Reporting From Wuhan

0 Share Shanghai: A citizen journalist in China has been sent to jail for four years for her reporting on the coronavirus outbreak from Wuhan. Zhang Zhan, a lawyer-turned-citizen journalist, had been detained in May. Her lawyer informed that on Monday she had been sentenced to four-year imprisonment after a hearing in Shanghaiࢀ™s Pudong New District Peopleࢀ™s Court. ࢀœShe could face up to five years in jail if convicted of ࢀœpicking quarrels and provoking trouble for her reportingࢀ, news agency AFP reported. Zhanࢀ™s reports via live streams and essays went viral on social media platforms in February, irking the authorities….