Well i think this situation is a little OTT however I do reckon, assuming the story is as is, that the police should have notified Mr Chen prior to raiding his house for information on the stolen property.
Apple has their dummy back and i highly doubt they want to punish a journalist for publishing details of its prized device.
I do think the way the story was published and written was, as said previously unethical as the naming of the associate Apple employee and also the entire story of how the phone was purchased as stolen property, they are banking this for everything its got but Jason Chen was likely just doing his job.
If it were me i'd have handed it back to Apple right away, not because i'm a buzzkill, but a lot of the hype to an apple device launch is now deteriorated, this story has certainly spoiled it for me and some others.
Apple has their dummy back and i highly doubt they want to punish a journalist for publishing details of its prized device.
I do think the way the story was published and written was, as said previously unethical as the naming of the associate Apple employee and also the entire story of how the phone was purchased as stolen property, they are banking this for everything its got but Jason Chen was likely just doing his job.
If it were me i'd have handed it back to Apple right away, not because i'm a buzzkill, but a lot of the hype to an apple device launch is now deteriorated, this story has certainly spoiled it for me and some others.