-Caveat Lector- Former Chinese TV editor imprisoned for disseminating political e-mail The Associated Press BEIJING (September 15, 2001 12:50 p.m. EDT) - A former Chinese television editor who used a Hong Kong-based Internet site to e-mail political articles to friends has been sentenced to three years in prison on subversion charges, a rights group said Saturday. Judges at the Intermediate People's Court in the southern city of Shaoyang had planned to sentence Zhu Ruixiang to nine months in jail, deeming that his crimes were not serious, the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said. But Communist Party officials overruled them and pushed for sterner punishment, the Hong Kong-based center said. The court informed Zhu's lawyer of the three-year sentence on Friday, the center said. Zhu, 50, is a former editor for Shaoyang television who for the past three years had worked as a lawyer, the center said. He was arrested May 7 by security agents in Shaoyang, Hunan province, about 1,000 miles south of Beijing. The center said Zhu was tried Sept. 10 and convicted of inciting the overthrow of state power, a subversion charge the government often uses against its critics. He was accused of using a Hong Kong-based free e-mail service to download "reactionary" articles from overseas that he then forwarded to 12 friends, the center said. It gave no details about the content of the e-mails. Chinese leaders, while keen to tap the Internet's economic advantages, also fear it could become a powerful forum for dissent. Special police units monitor Internet sites and e-mail traffic. Laws to prevent challenges to the Communist Party's monopoly on power have been expanded to cover activities online. Steve Wingate, Webmaster ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
