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accusation she denied. She was then heard saying "you can't say that" in relation to his "we're not in China" comment. Dr K defended his actions by citing his rights of free speech, adding that he had not caused any trouble and had an implied right to film in a public place. The female police officer left the piano area, for a second time, to speak again to the same group of
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because they were there on behalf of "Chinese TV". Dr K explained to them that filming in a public place is legal in
Britain. A man from the group said they loved Dr K's music but you "cannot share our images online" and we "will put a legal action into it". During their exchanges, Dr K referred to
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at railway stations, airports and many other open public venues, mainly in London. His impromptu performances, weave together popular classical, boogie-woogie, Irish themes and are captured and uploaded to his
Facebook page (with 500 thousand followers) and to his YouTube channel, where he has over
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During a conversation with a woman from the same group, Dr K pointed towards at the small
Chinese flag she was holding and reached for it, to which the same man from before started repeatedly screaming, "Why are you touching her?" and "Stop touching her!" Dr K recoiled back and responded he'd not
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officers arrived, one of them ordered Dr K to stop recording. A female officer told Dr K that, "because there’s money being made, and they work for a company", the
Chinese group had requested the video be deleted. Dr K responded that she was acting like “private security” for the Chinese, an
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