Letter Casts Doubt On Yahoo China Testimony

Saint Aardvark writes "A hand-written letter has surfaced that sheds new light on the case of Chinese reporter Shi Tao. The letter (PDF), believed to be from Chinese police, 'is essentially a standardized search warrant making clear that Chinese law enforcement agencies have the legal authority to collect evidence in criminal cases. This contradicts Yahoo's testimony (PDF) to Congress in 2006 that they 'had no information about the nature of the investigation.' 'One does not have to be an expert in Chinese law to know that 'state secrets' charges have often been used to punish political dissent in China,' says Joshua Rosenzweig, manager of research and publications for The Dui Hua Foundation. Shi Tao was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his reporting on the Tianamen Square massacre."

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Chinese police use english to issue search warrant

[viking80]

I am impressed how international the Chinese police is. Local Chinese search warrants now issued in English and pdf format.

Mao must be proud

Re:Companies? Or governments?

[hondo77]

I have a gut feeling I know how this will end.

Jerry Yang being appointed to the newly created position of Technology Czar for the Bush Administration?

Re:Chinese law advice

[z-j-y]

And yes, fellow nitpickers, I know there's supposed to be an exclamation point after Yahoo. However, as previously stated: fuck Yahoo !

there, fixed for you

Re:Or more specifically

[kestasjk]

Many people don't realise that this is often the real legal deal surrounding some of the political controversies. For example the legal problem for Bill Clinton wasn't that he banged his secretary, it was that he lied under oath about it. The press and the public may have made a big deal out of the sex act, but the legal problems were surrounding the testimony. Depends what the meaning of "lied" is.