Fukushima photographer’s story, a fake?

Malaysian photographer Keow Wee Loong claims to have snuck into Fukushima exclusion zone to take photos of the abandoned city A Polish photographer lambasted  Loong’s story and called it a “fabrication” Loong stood by his claims and tried to prove his critics wrong After Malaysian photographer Keow Wee Loong’s groundbreaking photos in Fukushima’s exclusion zone were published in many major news outlets, a Polish photojournalist accused Loong for lying about the story behind his shots and aims only to sensationalize. In Arkadiusz Podniesinski’s blog, he labeled Loong as an “attention seeking kid” and claimed his account of ‘illegally’ entering the ‘no-go’ zones is completely fabricated in his effort to get 15 minutes of Internet fame. He wrote: “His entire text is dishonest, his trip to the no-go zones untrue and the photographs were taken in areas that everyone can access.” Podniesinski claims to have been a frequent visitor of the Fukushima disaster site himself and was able to identify the locations Loong has visited were in fact in the open ‘green zones’ that does not require special permits for entrance and is accessible to all. He shared that the towns of Namie and Tomioka have been opened to the public last April after radiation levels [...]

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