Friday, June 29, 2012

Blogger Says Chinese Court Overturned Conviction

BEIJING?A Chinese blogger sentenced to a year in a labor camp said a court cleared his name Friday in the first known instance of judges overturning a case linked to China's biggest political scandal in years.

Fang Hong said a court in the southwestern city of Chongqing threw out his conviction for lack of evidence and ruled that the year he spent in the labor camp was an illegal detention. He said he would seek state compensation of about $6,000 and apologies from the city government and media outlets that put forward the accusations against him.

"I am very happy ...

BEIJING?A Chinese blogger sentenced to a year in a labor camp said a court cleared his name Friday in the first known instance of judges overturning a case linked to China's biggest political scandal in years.

Fang Hong said a court in the southwestern city of Chongqing threw out his conviction for lack of evidence and ruled that the year he spent in the labor camp was an illegal detention. He said he would seek state compensation of about $6,000 and apologies from the city government and media outlets that put forward the accusations against him.

"I am very happy ...

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303561504577496074055502072.html?mod=asia_home

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