Friday, October 11, 2013

Information Control (信息控制)

记者刘虎涉嫌诽谤罪被北京检方批准逮捕
China arrests journalist amid crackdown on rumors
Beijing News, October 10, 2013
Reuters, October 10, 2013

CH: http://news.163.com/13/1010/15/9AR74S2R00014AEE.html#sns_weibo
EN: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/10/us-china-journalist-idUSBRE9990B820131010

Related:
中国当局“诽谤罪”批捕刘虎引网友议论 (Netizens question the arrest of Liu Hu for defamation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 10, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/10/131010_liuhu_arrest.shtml

Related Weibo post:
谭敏涛在西安, October 11, 2013
名为依法治网,实为报复构陷。即以诽谤罪逮捕刘虎,当有受害者出场并澄清事实,但至始至终,却不见刘虎案的受害者出面,怪不得律师发问,刘虎案的受害人在哪里?而民众也质疑,举报官员贪腐不成反倒构成诽谤罪,莫非,官员举报不成,民间反腐不成?(It’s called governing the Internet in accordance with the law; in fact, it is framing for retaliation. Since Hu Liu was arrested on defamation charges, a victim should come forward to clarify facts. But from the beginning, no victim has appeared. No wonder his lawyer has questioned: where is the victim of Liu Hu’s case? People have also questioned how one can report a corrupt official without being charged with defamation? …)
http://weibo.com/1649501964/AdxHnf4LF?mod=weibotime

China’s censors did the New York Times a favor
Quartz, October 10, 2013
http://qz.com/134193/chinas-censors-did-the-new-york-times-a-favor/