Detained Chinese citizen-journalist restrained to stop her from continuing hunger strike, lawyer says

Detained Chinese citizen-journalist restrained to stop her from continuing hunger strike, lawyer says

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A Chinese citizen-journalist reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak from Wuhan may not survive after being detained by authorities for the past half-year. Zhang Zhan, 37, has been on a hunger strike for most of that time, and her arms have been restrained to prevent her from pulling out a feeding tube, her lawyer said. CBS News Asia correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports from Beijing.

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