China Arrests Anti-Corruption Blogger

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 11, 2013 @03:41AM from the forcibly-recommending-a-new-line-of-work dept.

quantr tips this news from Bloomberg: "A Chinese journalist who posted allegations of corrupt dealings during the privatization of state-owned assets has been formally arrested on a defamation charge, his lawyer said. The Beijing People's Procuratorate approved Liu Hu's arrest on Sept. 30, lawyer Zhou Ze said by phone yesterday. Liu, who worked for the Guangzhou-based New Express, had been in detention since Aug. 24, according to Zhou. Liu's arrest adds to evidence that the government is stepping up a crackdown against people who go online with revelations of official malfeasance. At the same time that the Communist Party has vowed to get tough on corruption, authorities have targeted outspoken bloggers and announced that people who post comments deemed defamatory could face as much as three years behind bars."

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Re:News For Nerds by gstoddart · 2013-10-11 03:52 · Score: 4, Insightful

Why is this here? How the fuck is this relevant to slashdot? No tech angles in play here.
Blog about corruption, get arrested for defamation.
That's pretty much the point of the YRO section of Slashdot.
You know, Your Rights Online.
At this rate, I won't be surprised to see this start happening in other countries which are supposed to be against this sort of thing. *cough* America *cough*

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Re:can't wait till Rahm Emanuel learns this tactic by Anonymous Coward · 2013-10-11 04:05 · Score: 4, Funny

Those dastardly Democrats! You need to get some good, honest Republicans in power there!