Chinese Journalist Who Advocated for Disgraced Politician Is Detained
By EDWARD WONG
The journalist has called on people to protest the treatment of Bo
Xilai, a fallen Communist Party official who is expected to be tried
soon on corruption charges.
By EDWARD WONG
Published: August 8, 2013
Song Yangbiao, a Chinese journalist who has called for people to protest
the prosecution of Bo Xilai, a fallen senior Communist Party official,
has been detained, according to Lu Qi, a friend of Mr. Song.
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Mr. Lu said on his microblog on Wednesday that Mr. Song had told a
younger sister in a police station on Aug. 5 that he was being detained
because of his remarks on his microblog account. Mr. Song had posted
messages in support of Mr. Bo, who is expected to go on trial in the
coming weeks or days on charges of bribetaking, embezzlement and abuse
of power.
Mr. Song’s microblog account has been deleted, but freeweibo.com
has saved some messages. One message read: “All members of the Chinese
Communist Party should rise up together to oppose the illegal trial in
Jinan,” according to Reuters. Mr. Lu, who writes for Time Weekly, said
Mr. Song has been detained since Sunday.
During his four years as party chief of Chongqing, starting in December
2007, Mr. Bo promoted populist campaigns and policies in which he sought
to portray himself as a leftist leader who wanted to reinstitute the
original tenets of the Communist Party. Because of that, Mr. Bo won a
loyal following among leftists who criticize pro-market policies by the
party.
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