5 September 2006

Alert

"New York Times" researcher Zhao Yan appeals against three-year sentence on fraud charge


Incident details

Zhao Yan

journalist(s)

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has voiced support for "New York Times" researcher Zhao Yan's decision to appeal to the Beijing High Court against his three-year prison sentence for allegedly swindling a peasant. One of his lawyers, Guan Anping, told Agence France-Presse on 4 September 2006: "We lodged an appeal today. He believes there were no grounds for his conviction. He denies stealing any money and has asked several times to be give a lie detector test."



Source:

Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
47, rue Vivienne
75002 Paris
France
rsf (@) rsf.org
Phone: +33 1 44 83 84 84
Fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51
@rsf_rwb
 

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