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Journalists accuse two mainlanders of attack

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Two Cable TV journalists said they were attacked and injured by two mainlanders as they investigated suspected illegal freshwater fish exports from Zhuhai to Hong Kong.

Reporter Chris Lam Kin-seng and cameraman Lo Chun-Wai suffered slight injuries, with Lo receiving hospital treatment in Zhongshan .

One suspect was arrested and was in custody last night.

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Guangdong voiced concern over the incident last night and said the case had been handed to local police.

Two senior staff members from Cable TV went to Guangzhou after the attack.

Lam and Lo had arrived at the Huangsha seafood market in Guangzhou at around 5pm. They were following two trucks carrying boxes of freshwater fish from Guangzhou to Zhuhai, believed to be destined for Hong Kong.

They said two men in the trucks became angry after discovering they were being followed in Xiangzhou port, Zhuhai.

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