Chinese police have formally arrested a civil servant, whose Internet essays are critical of the government, for subversion in a case that has provoked widespread criticism of China's human rights record.
Du Daobin, 40, had written and posted 28 articles on the Internet which "incited subversion of state power and overthrow of China's socialist system," a spokesman for the Public Security Bureau in the central province of Hubei was quoted as saying.
Du, who has been detained since October, also accepted money from overseas organizations and individuals in return for helping them post articles harmful to state security on domestic Web sites, official news agency Xinhua quoted the spokesman as saying.
Du had overstepped his legal right to criticize government work and civil servants with good intent, and viciously incited subversion of state power through fabrication, Xinhua said.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/02/18/2003099197
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