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Partially Blinded Reporter in Hong Kong Says God Gave Her Chance to Seek
Justice

Dahai Han

   HONG KONG - Covering an anti-government protest in Hong Kong nearly two
   months ago, Indonesian journalist Veby Mega Indah felt a sharp sting in
   her right eyeball.

   "I was doing livestreaming, and before I realized what happened, I
   heard two bangs -- two loud bangs --and then I saw white smoke from the
   stairs where the police were," she said.

   She fell backward, and another journalist lunged to her aid.

   "She hugged me and we collapsed together to the floor," Indah, 39,
   recently told VOA's Mandarin service. "Thanks to her, I [didn't] get
   brain injury or something. ... We crashed directly onto the hard floor
   and she kept hugging me. I couldn't open my eyes anymore. I couldn't
   feel my face."

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