Policeman suspended for beating journalist

A policeman in Luoyang has been suspended from his post for allegedly beating and detaining a local journalist, local police said yesterday.

Wang Zhigang, a senior officer from the Xibeiyu police station in Luoyang, Henan province, has been put under investigation.

Journalist Zhang Jinxing from Luoyang Broadcasting News said he was recording a car accident with his camera on Sunday night when several policemen stopped him, took his camera away and began to beat him.