NZ Punjabi News reporter Jaspreet Singh was 'doing his job' when he was assaulted.
NZ Punjabi News reporter Jaspreet Singh was 'doing his job' when he was assaulted.
An man has been arrested over an alleged assault of a Sikh journalist who was reporting on a protest for the NZ Punjabi News website.
Police said a 37-year old male would appear in the Auckland District Court on July 2 charged with common assault. Auckland-based journalist Jaspreet Singh, 30,was allegedly attacked while covering the protest outside Unitec about vulgarities being used on social media by a migrant support worker.
Police said the alleged assault happened on Monday May 21.
Singh said he was just doing his job when he was assaulted.
