African headquarters of state-owned Chinese TV network raided by Kenyan police
Kenya last month began hunting down and arresting those illegally in the country after holding a 60-day exercise in which every foreigner was required to revalidate their permits
Gun-wielding Kenyan police on Wednesday raided the African headquarters of the China Global Television Network (CGTN), briefly detaining several journalists as part of an ongoing crackdown against illegal immigrants, an employee said.
Cellphone footage of the raid showed armed plain-clothed police bundling Chinese staff into vehicles while demanding that reporters of other nationalities produce their passports or accompany them to the police station.
“They had automatic rifles, it was scary,” said one foreign reporter at the state-owned television station on condition of anonymity
Kenyan police chief Joseph Boinnet confirmed the raid on the office in search of illegal immigrants.