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02-12-2006, 07:47 AM
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10367613
BEIJING - Yahoo Inc. provided evidence to Chinese authorities that led to the imprisonment of an internet writer, lawyers and activists said yesterday, the second such case involving the US internet giant.
The company cooperated with Chinese police in a case that led to the 2003 arrest of Li Zhi, who was charged with subverting state power and sentenced to eight years in prison after trying to join the dissident China Democracy Party, writer Liu Xiaobo said.
The firm says it simply responds to requests from the authorities for data without ever knowing what it will be used for," Reporters Without Borders said in a statement.
"But this argument no long holds water. Yahoo certainly knew it was helping to arrest political dissidents and journalists, not just ordinary criminals," it said.
A spokeswoman at Yahoo! Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd. said she had no immediate comment. Hmmm... "Yahoo" must be Chinese for "snitch". :(
BEIJING - Yahoo Inc. provided evidence to Chinese authorities that led to the imprisonment of an internet writer, lawyers and activists said yesterday, the second such case involving the US internet giant.
The company cooperated with Chinese police in a case that led to the 2003 arrest of Li Zhi, who was charged with subverting state power and sentenced to eight years in prison after trying to join the dissident China Democracy Party, writer Liu Xiaobo said.
The firm says it simply responds to requests from the authorities for data without ever knowing what it will be used for," Reporters Without Borders said in a statement.
"But this argument no long holds water. Yahoo certainly knew it was helping to arrest political dissidents and journalists, not just ordinary criminals," it said.
A spokeswoman at Yahoo! Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd. said she had no immediate comment. Hmmm... "Yahoo" must be Chinese for "snitch". :(