From the Sydney Morning Herald:

CHINESE journalists have been prevented from reporting the stabbing murder of an American tourist at the Drum Tower and linking it to the Olympic Games.
In direct contravention of the promises made for press freedom in covering the Olympics, the notebooks and at least one tape recorder of a number of Chinese journalists were confiscated after a press conference held by the US men’s volleyball team.
The team had been discussing the impact of the murder on them. The victim was the father-in-law of the team’s coach, Hugh McCutcheon, and the father of a respected former national team member, Elisabeth McCutcheon.
The confiscation caused disquiet and it was unclear if the items would be returned.

Typical goon behavior from the PRC brass.