26 February 2007

Alert

Former newspaper president's sentence reduced by one year


Incident details

Yu Huafeng

editor(s)

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(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has welcomed the news that the sentence of Yu Huafeng, the former president of the "Nanfang Dushi Bao" newspaper, has been reduced by one year. It comes nine days after the release of the newspaper's former managing editor, Li Minying. Both were convicted on corruption charges. Yu's lawyer said he did not know why his client's sentence was reduced.

Arrested in the southern city of Guangzhou (Canton) on 14 January 2004, Yu was sentenced on appeal to eight years in prison. Under Chinese law, prisoners may be released after serving half of their sentence. As Yu's sentence has been reduced to seven years, he could be released as early as June 2007, three and a half years after his arrest.



Source

Reporters Without Borders
47, rue Vivienne
75002 Paris
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Phone: +33 1 44 83 84 84
Fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51

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