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Chinese dissident on trial after using Skype to send poem
Prosecutors charged Zhu Yufu with subversion, citing his poem, It’s Time, as well as text messages sent using SkypeChinese prosecutors cited a poem and messages sent on Skype in the trial of a dissident, his son and his lawyer said, in the latest case highlighting the Communist party’s drive to silence political challengers. Veteran activist Zhu Yufu faced trial on Tuesday in Hangzhou, where police arrested him in April and charged him with “inciting subversion of state power”, according to his lawyer, Li Dunyong.
published date:Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:36:50 GMT