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Four "New Youth Society" Organizers Arrested in Beijing: Report
[CND, 05/23/01] Four Beijing-based "New Youth Society" organizers were
arrested on March 13 and charged with the crime of subversion on April
20, AFP reported, citing the Information Center for Human Rights and
Democracy.
The four were named as XU Wei, YANG Zili, JIN Haike and ZHANG Honghai
by the report. The "New Youth Society" were set up by the four as an
open discussion forum for contemporary politics, the report said.
There were no official confirmation of the cases at the moment.
(Jian-Min LI, WU Yiyi)
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