Chinese arrest photographer for filming Beijing's Forbidden City using a GoPro and a drone... but it was TOTALLY worth it
A New Zealand-based photographer has described being taken in for questioning by Chinese police after trying to fly a drone with a camera attached over Beijing's ancient Forbidden City.
Trey Ratcliff, an American globetrotter who lives in Queenstown, says he was briefly detained by police and had his drone and GoPro confiscated until he flew back to New Zealand.
He was at Belhai Park, a public park northwest of the Forbidden City, and was unaware of nearby government intelligence buildings 'where they would rather not have things flown above' when he was arrested.
