Monday, May 30, 2005
Hong Kong Reporter Detained in China
"A Hong Kong-based reporter for Singapore's largest English language daily has been detained in China for allegedly obtaining state secrets.
Ching Cheong, the China correspondent for Singapore's Straits Times newspaper, is said to have been arrested on April 22 in the southern city of Guangzhou.
Mr. Ching's wife, Mary Lau, told Hong Kong journalists that her husband had traveled to Guangzhou to obtain transcripts of secret interviews with former Chinese Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang." ¶ 5/30/2005 10:39:00 PM
VOA News - Hong Kong Reporter Detained in China:
"A Hong Kong-based reporter for Singapore's largest English language daily has been detained in China for allegedly obtaining state secrets.
Ching Cheong, the China correspondent for Singapore's Straits Times newspaper, is said to have been arrested on April 22 in the southern city of Guangzhou.
Mr. Ching's wife, Mary Lau, told Hong Kong journalists that her husband had traveled to Guangzhou to obtain transcripts of secret interviews with former Chinese Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang." ¶ 5/30/2005 10:39:00 PM
