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.
