2024-01-05 15:39:56
Liu Chunjiang passed away | He was attacked by men in white and wrote the book “Yuen Long Night” to reorganize the 721 Incident: “Recording important history with professional methods” | Yahoo
[Yahoo News Report]Former TVB reporter Liu Junjiang died today (5th) in Tai Po while burning charcoal. He worked at “Wireless News” for 8 years and later developed various aspects of development and also opened his own production company. The most well-known incident is that during the anti-extradition movement in Hong Kong in 2019, during the “Men in White Attack” in Yuen Long on the evening of July 21, Liu Chunjiang spontaneously went to Yuen Long West Rail Station to evacuate citizens. During the period, he was arrested on a nearby flyover. The “man in white” beat him until his face was covered with blood.
Afterwards, he was interviewed and said that he hoped to reconstruct the incident in words and record history, so that those in power would not distort the facts and call a deer a horse. He later wrote the book “Yuen Long Night – My Memory and Everyone’s Memory”, which was published in July 2020. It became a bestseller of the year.
Experience 721 Facing psychological trauma
Liu Junjiang recalled in a public speech in 2021 that for several years before the 721 incident, he worked hard to become a “philistine businessman” to avoid offending business partners on sensitive topics. However, the 721 incident put him in a “big, big, big” world. “Under the spotlight”, life is forced to face great changes. At the same time, he experienced psychological trauma due to the incident and became closed off, relying on running to relieve his emotions.
Completing “Yuen Long Night” is “the most satisfying thing in my life”
It was also during a run that he decided to write a book to record the July 21 incident. The writing process was very painful, as he had to constantly reorganize the events of that day. “Completing a book is the most satisfying thing in my life.” , the thing that most fulfills my soul.” “It doesn’t matter whether it sells well or not. The most important thing is that I recorded a very important historical significance. I believe that in the recording process, I used a very professional and neutral method to re-enact the event. .”
While writing “Dark Night in Yuen Long”, he experienced many emotional problems, and important people around him chose to leave him. He described that he fell into another emotional whirlpool at that time and lost confidence in the people around him. After a long period of time, he again With the support of others, he urged participants to “never lose trust in people, especially in this environment.”
He mentioned at the time that no matter how difficult it is to “restart” in life, there will still be many unknown scenes in the next moment. “First of all, you have to make yourself better before you can walk away.” When the time comes, remember to eat and drink.
TVB interviewed many mainland China news items during the period
Liu Junjiang graduated from the Journalism Department of the School of Communication of Hong Kong Baptist University in 2003. He worked at Wireless News from 2002 to 2010. He served in the Hong Kong News Team and the China News Team, and was stationed in Beijing and Guangzhou. He also served as a special reporter and was responsible for ” He also serves as anchor and host for programs such as “Sunday Files”. He is called the “Prince of News” by netizens because of his tall appearance.
During his tenure at Wireless News, Liu Junjiang covered many important news from across the Taiwan Strait and three places, such as the 2005 Hong Kong World Trade Conference, the 2006 Taiwan anti-ban movement, the collapse of the Jiujiang Bridge in Guangdong in 2007, the 2008 southern snow disaster, the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, Anti-Carrefour demonstrations, the tainted milk powder scandal, the Beijing Olympics, etc.
Liu Junjiang interviewed many mainland China news during his TVB period
As for the origin of his nickname “Liu Ye”, he once made a video to explain that it was not because he regarded himself as senior, but because when he was working in the news department, he was rejected when he first entered the industry and was scolded by his supervisor, “I call you grandpa.” Do you want me to be called “Master Liu”? It’s not because of the power, but because I often make mistakes when doing news, and the boss says: “I called you Mr. Liu! Please don’t be careless again.”
Resigned due to dissatisfaction with TVB
In early 2011, Liu Junjiang left TVB. He revealed in his blog that the reason for his resignation was dissatisfaction with the fact that in recent years, “journalists have been reduced to ‘dress workers’. The management of the news department has already had a set of ‘views’ on daily news, and reporters are often required to ‘take the medicine as ordered'”. He mentioned in an interview in 2019 that his boss at that time needed to remain “politically correct” on certain topics, such as not approving the production of a Cantonese feature on the defense of Guangzhou, questioning the freedom of news editing, and thinking that the treatment of journalists was not ideal, etc.
After leaving the interview frontline, Liu Junjiang has developed in many aspects, and has successively worked for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, KMB, etc. In 2014, Liu Junjiang opened his own production company and dabbled in production. He also appeared in front of the screen from time to time and participated in film and television productions.
Liu Junjiang won the “Yahoo Popularity Search Award” in 2015. At that time, he modestly said that he was not very famous, but when it comes to popularity, he believes that the most important thing is not to say things that go against your conscience just for the sake of popularity, popularity, or even pressure. speak.
In recent years, many official cases have been filed
Liu Junjiang has been active online in recent years, organizing classes on his special page “Yu Ye Talking Classroom”, and also actively participating in public activities. At the same time, he was also involved in many official crimes. In September 2020, Liu Junjiang was arrested in Kwun Tong for using force during a verbal argument with the boyfriend of his estranged wife Lei Kangyi, and was allowed to sign a one-year code of conduct. In December of the same year, Liu Junjiang collided with a motorcycle while driving a private car in Tsim Sha Tsui. He was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and was sentenced to 160 hours of community service.
It is reported that the last event he attended in public was the Garmin Run HK held on December 31, 2023.
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