HK crew held for filming brawl as thousands seek seats
Thousands of people braved sweltering weather yesterday in Beijing to queue for the last batch of Olympics tickets going on sale today.
Amid the queues, a Hong Kong-based television network claimed, a crew was detained by police and requested to erase a video clip taken of a brawl.
Now Broadband TV accused mainland police of meddling with press freedoms after its reporter and cameraman were stopped while covering a quarrel over queueing at one of the ticketing spots, where more than 2,000 people had gathered yesterday afternoon.
Games organisers announced on Tuesday that 820,000 tickets would go on sale at booths scattered around Games venues today, including 250,000 for Beijing-based events.
The rest were for soccer matches in Tianjin , Shanghai, Shenyang and Qinhuangdao .