New Zealand Earthquake UPDATE Feb 24

Christchurch Quake Casualties

CAUTION: ALL FIGURES RELEASED by NEW ZEALAND GOVT ARE SUBJECT to POLITICAL MANIPULATION

UPDATE Posted at 06:30UTC February 24, 2011

NZ police has just released the names of only four of the 98 people confirmed dead in the Christchurch earthquake:

Joseph Tehau Pohio (40); Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert (22); Jayden Harris (9 months); Baxter Gowland (5 months)

War Zone: Christchurch loses its second battle against nature

The Canterbury Television building in Christchurch, February 24, 2011. Photo credit: AP. Image may be subject to copyright.

In Christchurch Quake: NZ govt Doctoring the Figures, posted earlier today, Te2ataria said:

NZ govt is up to its dirty old tricks again, doctoring the quake fatality figures

Here’s a summary

• Confirmed dead:  76 souls
• Missing: Up to 238 people [actual figure may be as high as 500]
• Seriously injured: 200
• Total no of injured: up to 3,000
• Police say 22 more bodies  are inside Christchurch’s Cathedral Square
• Police said they will release a list of the dead and missing at 4.00pm (our time).
• Police changed its **** mind saying they will release a list of the dead and missing at 6.00pm
• The Fat Police Minister said: “We’ve got 76 at the morgue at the moment and more coming through.” [She didn’t say how many more.]

• Among the missing
  • 16  Chinese students
  • 22 Japanese students
  • 43 other international students
  • 9 King’s Education Ltd language school staff members

In line with New Zealand government policy of news blackout, two Japanese journalists were arrested last night when they tried to interview earthquake victims  in Christchurch Hospital.

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