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| China detains journalist in crackdown |
| 2013-10-11 |
| From the Losing the Mandate of Heaven Department: Passing a law eliminating a tort such as defamation being used in a criminal complaint would make things better in China. A Chinese investigative journalist who has accused officials of corruption has been arrested, his lawyer said on Thursday, becoming the latest in a series of government critics to be swept up in Beijing's crackdown on rumors. Liu Hu, a reporter with the Guangzhou-based newspaper New Express, was arrested on a charge of defamation on Sept. 30, said his lawyer, Zhou Ze. Liu had been detained in late August in the southwestern metropolis of Chongqing on suspicion of "fabricating and spreading rumors." |
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