Huang Qi was arrested on 10 July for ‘illegal possession of state secrets’. He posted articles criticising the way relief was organised after the 12 May earthquake in Sichuan. ‘Few citizens trust the government because of the corruptions scandals that already occurred during similar disasters in the past’ he wrote on his website 64Tianwang. He faces a possible three-year prison sentence and has been refused access to his lawyer. His mother received formal notification of his arrest on 18 July.
Other recent arrests include: lawyer Fan Ziliang; Chen Xi, Liao Shuangyuan and Wu Yugin following their investigation into the Wengan murder case.
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