A trail of suffering
This is brought to you by Fu Ming and Li Yuhan of the SOH Radio Network.
Since the beginning of this year, the Chinese Communist Party has increased its crackdown on petitioners in Beijing. Many petitioners have been arrested, jailed, assaulted or placed in secret detention centres. Some petitioners were sent to forced-labour camps or mental [...]
Justice for Li Zhigang blocked
This is brought to you by Fu Ming and Xin Gang from the SOH Radio Network
The court hearing for Li Zhigang, a Falun Gong practitioner, scheduled for June 22nd has been adjourned. Relatives of Li Zhigang were told by the Nangang District Court in Harbin City that the adjournment was ordered by higher level authorities. [...]
4 billion Yuan budget blow-out
On June 24th, Liu Jiayi, Auditor-General from the Chinese Communist Central Committee, admitted that the Audit Office found that 55 central departments in the Committee misappropriated over 4.05 billion Yuan when implementing the 2008 budget.
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Two high profile officials deposed
In early June, two major judicial events occurred in Qingdao City in Shandong Province: Liu Mingxin, a prosecutor of the Qingdao Municipal People’s Procuratorate, suddenly died due to excess drinking; and Liu Qingfeng, vice-president of the Municipal Intermediate People’s Court, was arrested by the People’s Procuratorate of Shandong Province.
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TV Station Staff Suspended for failing to censor politically sensitive information
Five staff members from Guangzhou Cable TV (GCTV) have been suspended for a “political mistake.” They apparently failed on several occasions to censor scenes related to the Tiananmen Square Massacre and the Falun Gong spiritual practice.
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