Li Zehua, who livestreamed his detention, had traveled to Wuhan after another citizen journalist disappeared.
was posted on Li’s Twitter, Weibo and YouTube profiles, where the 25-year-old explained that he had spent much of the last two months in quarantine.
In the video, Li, standing in front of a white background and speaking in a calm tone, says that when men entered his apartment on Feb. 26 he was told he was being investigated on charges of disrupting public order.A delivery worker waits to deliver items over a barrier limiting access to a neighborhood in Wuhan, on April 20. Wuhan came out of strict lockdown earlier this month.
Although he was not charged, he was quarantined — first in Wuhan but then later in his hometown — because he had visited “sensitive areas.” Li said that his devices were taken from him while in quarantine, but that he was given plenty of food and allowed to watch Chinese news programmes in the evenings.
“Throughout the whole time, the police acted civilly and legally, making sure I had rest and food. They really cared about me,” he"I'm grateful to all the people who looked after me and cared about me. I wish all people suffering the epidemic can pull through. God bless China. I wish the world can unite together.”
The words are markedly different from how Li, who briefly worked for state broadcaster CCTV in the past, spoke in the videos he posted while reporting from Wuhan, including reports on efforts to cover up new infections, and interviews with overworked crematorium employees.
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