VOA Interview Cited in Case Against Chinese Dissident

A Chinese defense lawyer says he has learned that an interview with Voice of America's Mandarin service is being cited in an indictment against his client, Yu Shiwen, a former student leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Zhang Xue Zhong Thursday said the court documents accuse Yu of causing public disorder by giving an interview to VOA about a private June 4 memorial he held with friends last year. According to the indictment, the information became highly viewed content...

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