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Chinese flag-wavers call in London cops over YouTuber’s livestream — Pianist defends right to free speech despite being told by transport police to stop filming and not to post


Pianist defends right to free speech despite being told by transport police to stop filming and not to post.

A group of people holding Chinese flags at a London railway station called in the police after a YouTuber told them he was allowed to film them in a public space, sparking concerns over China's " Wolf Warrior" diplomacy and long-arm enforcement of its laws overseas. Members of the group, who said they were in the station shopping mall to celebrate the Lunar New Year, appealed to police after Brendan Kavanagh told them he wouldn't stop filming, as there was no expectation of privacy in a public place. Kavanagh, who plays boogie-woogie tunes on the YouTube channel "DrKboogiewoogie," began his Jan. 19 livestream from a public piano at London's St Pancras Station by referring to the group repeatedly as "Japanese."

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