Three held over UK truck deaths freed on police bail

20:17, October 27, 2019

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  British police arrest two more people over truck deaths

  (File photo: VCG)LONDON - British police said they had arrested two more people over the deaths of 39 people found in a truck, believed to be Chinese nationals, on suspicion of human trafficking and manslaughter.A man and a woman, both aged 38, were arrested in Warrington, northern England, Essex police said. The driver of the truck, a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland, remains in police custody having been arrested on suspicion of murder.

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  Vietnam works with the UK on Essex truck deaths investigation

  Vietnams embassy in London has requested families of three missing Vietnamese to provide information and cooperate with the UK authorities in the investigation of the truck deaths, said Vietnamese state television.Photo: CGTNAccording to Vietnamese media, police in Ha Tinh Province in northern Vietnam received at least three reports of missing people following the Essex truck case.Eight women and 31 men were found dead inside a refrigerated container lorry in Essex on Wednesday. At least six victims could be from Vietnam, BBC reported.All of the dead will undergo a coroners examination to establish the cause of death.The Vietnamese authorities are working closely with the UK in the investigation, according to reports.

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  CNN should stop politicizing the UK truck deaths

  (Photo: CGTN)As the world mourns the 39 people found dead in a trailer in the UK, US leading media company CNN is maliciously using the tragedy as a political tool to harass Chinas human rights conditions.Without verification, the media outlet asserted the 39 victims were Chinese nationals. Moreover, a CNN reporter attempted to embarrass Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying by asking her to explain why Chinese people risked their lives to leave the country, especially as the PRC is celebrating its 70th founding anniversary.To CNNs disappointment, new evidence suggests that the 39 people were likely from Vietnam, not China. They were believed to be travelling on false Chinese passport and may be part of a group of 100 migrants who set out from a remote Vietnamese town for "a new life" in the UK, according to Reuters reports."A few families confirmed the deaths of their relatives who are victims of this tragic journey," Father Nam, a priest in Vietnams Yen Thanh, was quoted by Reuters as saying. In the meantime, Hanoi has ordered an investigation into alleged human trafficking activities.While the world is saddened by the loss of 39 lives and is anxiously waiting for the final results of the investigation, CNN may feel more regretful for losing an opportunity to humiliate China and its human rights conditions.As the fourth estate in the West, the media is supposed to be neutral and objective in its news reporting. However, it is not the first time that CNN has been criticized for reporting fake news. Earlier, even U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to sue CNN, or in his words – "the enemy of the people" – for what he sees as unfair coverage.Touting itself as a bastion of public interest, CNN-like media seem to attach more importance to political correctness than its due responsibilities to the public. If CNN really cared about human rights, it would never utilize the tragic loss of 39 lives as a political ...