Yee-Chong LEE

Yee-Chong LEE

 
Title of the report
Sichuan Earthquake – One year on
Name of media
Now TV
Country
China

Yee-Chong Lee received the Lorenzo Natali Grand Prize for his TV coverage « Sishuan Earthquake – One year on » broadcast on the channel Now TV in China.

Yee-Chong LEE is a reporter on Now-TV news channel. After the Sichuan earthquake, he stayed on the spot for one month to cover the disaster.

The deadly earthquake in Sichuan on 12th of May 2008 claimed as many as 50,000 lives. The relatives of victims claimed the huge death toll was caused by the condition of constructions. Yee-Chong Lee and his camera crew headed back for the epicentre to investigate latest development of the issue (substandard construction). Although Chinese government denied it, victims’ relatives tried to make themselves heard.

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