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Residents ride electric scooters in a resettlement town in rural Shaanxi province. A journalist investigating a story at a hospital in the province says he was beaten by security guards. (Reuters/Sue-Lin Wong)

In China, hospital security guards beat reporter investigating claims of misconduct

December 22, 2017 10:34 AM EST

Several security staff allegedly beat Shaanxi Broadcasting Corporation reporter Wang Yi, when he went to a public hospital in Shaanxi province on December 4, 2017 to report on claims of misconduct, according to news reports.