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Arrested for Ridiculing a Government Official in a Text Message
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Nov 06, 2006 12:26am |
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| News Date | Sunday, November 5, 2006 06:25:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights & Democracy said that police in Pengshui County, Chongqing City, China, recently arrested 25 people caught sending text messages, using their cell phones, that expressed their dissatisfaction with the Chinese Communist regime and local authorities.
On August 25, Qin Zhongfei, a staff member of the Education Committee in Pengshui County sent a 120-word message to his friend that ridiculed the way a Pengshui County leader handled education and public works assignments. Qin's friend then forwarded the message to other friends.
On August 31 the police of Chongqing City arrested Qin Zhongfei. Qin was held in custody until October 24. The other 24 people who had sent or received the message were only detained for several hours. Qin Zhongfei was detained for 54 days for the crime of "defamation;" however, the police could not say whom he had defamed because he had not mentioned any names in the text he sent. |
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