This was just at the time when news came out that Hsi Yang, a reporter for the Hongkong periodical Ming Pao, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for "acquiring state secrets." The reporters posing as relatives of the deceased did not dare to openly write stories, nor would they have been able to do so given the strict news censorship imposed by the mainland authorities.
當時正是香港明報記者席揚因「竊取國家機密」被中共判刑十二年的消息發佈之際，假冒身分的「記者」，不敢光明正大地發新聞，中共嚴密的新聞封鎖也不能讓他們發新聞。