Four days later he was summoned to the Public Security Bureau where he was told to sign a letter. In the letter he was accused of "making false comments" that had "severely disturbed the social order".

There was no chaos around that. It was a conscious decision to not just punish someone who had said something that was true, but to deny the truth. All under the power of the police.

[–] arisu_magatoroido@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

someone reported that a “fake" information of new virus was spreading, and police didn't know what exactly happened so they certainly thought Li Wenliang was lying. But what about the 148 journalists？The policemen knew these journalists were just taking photos and videos but they still arrested them