Belgian journalists 'not attacked'

ZHENGZHOU: An investigation has found that two Belgian journalists and their assistant involved in a dispute in a Henan village - where many residents contracted HIV/AIDS through blood transfusions - were not attacked, a provincial government spokesman said yesterday.

The government began a probe into the incident on Tuesday after the journalists, from the Beijing bureau of the Belgian Flemish Radio and Television Network (VRT), scuffled with villagers and officials in Shangqiu.

The dispute took place when they were reporting on Nov 28 for Dec 1's World AIDS Day.