{"id":28310,"date":"2012-06-29T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=28310 "},"modified":"2012-06-29T12:53:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-29T12:53:00","slug":"28310-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=28310","title":{"rendered":"Conviction of Chinese Blogger Overturned"},"content":{"rendered":"
A court in China has ruled that the detention of a blogger who mocked scandal-hit politician Bo Xilai was illegal.<\/span><\/div>
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Fang Hong filed a case against his conviction in the city of Chongqing.<\/span><\/div>
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Mr Fang, a forestry employee, was sent to a police-run labour camp in 2011 for one year on charges of “inciting social disturbances”, state-run media Xinhua reports.<\/span><\/div>
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He had posted a poem criticising the now disgraced Mr Bo on a microblog.<\/span><\/div>
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The court in Chongqing, where Mr Bo once ruled, cited “lack of evidence for the administrative punishment” against Mr Fang, Xinhua reports.<\/span><\/div>
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He was detained after posting “a joke” that criticised Mr Bo and his former police chief, Wang Lijun, for “meddling” in a case against a controversial lawyer with mafia ties, Xinhua adds.<\/span><\/div>
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“I am very happy both personally and for the city of Chongqing,” Mr Fang is quoted by news agency Associated Press as saying.<\/span><\/div>
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“This is the start of a process of restoring the rule of law in the city.”<\/span><\/div>
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Mr Fang, 51, who was released from a police-run detention facility on 24 April, also told AP he would seek compensation of $6,000 (£3,843) and an apology from the city government.<\/span><\/div>
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Mr Bo was sacked in March and is under investigation for breaches of Communist Party discipline.<\/span><\/div>
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<\/div>Continue reading <\/span>original article<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/span>  <\/span>  
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