AFP, Hong Kong :
An American photojournalist who was arrested in Hong Kong for standing on a car while covering clashes between pro-democracy protesters and the police there was bailed out on Saturday.
Getty Images agency photographer Paula Bronstein was arrested on Friday night amid confrontations between police and demonstrators.
Ms Bronstein said she was pushed against the car as violent scuffles broke out around her in the bustling Mongkok district, one of the main sites for the demonstrations that have paralysed parts of the financial hub over the last three weeks. “I don’t know why it (the arrest) even happened at all, I don’t really understand it. I’ve never been arrested before in my life,” Ms Bronstein told AFP. Cable Television footage showed the car Ms Bronstein stood on was a black Mercedes-Benz.
A police statement published on Saturday said a foreign woman had been arrested for “suspicion of criminal damage” and that the driver of the car had filed a complaint. “The driver of the car said there was damage and requested the police to handle the incident,” the statement said without further detail.
