Taiwanese man held in China 'confesses’ on TV to filming troops on Hong Kong border

Lee Meng-chu is accused of filming Chinese troops gathering at the border with Hong Kong during protests in 2019

A Taiwanese man detained in China and accused of endangering national security appeared on Chinese television on Sunday evening, confessing" to illegally filming military exercises in a city bordering Hong Kong during protests there last year.

Human rights organisations accuse China of regularly forcing detainees to deliver public confessions broadcast on television, in a country where the opaque judicial system remains subject to the ruling Communist party.