[Permanent link: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20010618/wl/china_online_dissent_2.html --DBM] ******* Subject: Chinese man arrested for posting messages Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 17:34:22 -0500 From: Andy Ringsmuth <andyringat_private> To: "Declan McCullagh" <declanat_private> Declan, perhaps something of interest to Politech readers. Stumbled across it while browsing the site of my local newspaper. http://update.journalstar.com/stories/7 Chinese man jailed for posting Internet messages The Associated Press BEIJING -- A businessman was sentenced to three years in prison for posting articles critical of Chinese leaders and the ruling Communist Party on the Internet, according to a government newspaper report. Liu Weifang, 40, was convicted last week of incitement to subversion by a court in the Turkic Muslim Xinjiang region, the Xinjiang Daily reported. [...] A corps of computer police monitor the Internet for talk regarded as subversive and block Web sites viewed as hostile. Internet service providers have been told they must remove all anti-government material or be held accountable. -Andy Ringsmuth ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Tue Jun 19 2001 - 09:16:39 PDT