The UK’s broadcasting regulator Ofcom ruled against CGTN on Monday over a complaint about the Chinese state broadcaster’s “unjust or unfair treatment” of British journalist Peter Humphrey.
It’s the 11th Chinese broadcast that has been found in violation of the UK broadcasting law in a row, According to Safeguard Defenders, a human rights non-governmental organization (NGO) that supported the complaints. The NGO’s tally showed that CGTN has so far been fined a total of £425,000 ($540,000) for its violations.
Having previously revoked CGTN’s license to broadcast in the UK because it’s “controlled by a body which is ultimately controlled by the Chinese Communist Party,” the regulator said it still has the power to “complete its adjudication of ongoing investigations relating to broadcasts that took place before the revocation….