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Posted by: xantham A France-based press freedom group accused US Internet search giant Yahoo of helping China arrest 'cyberdissident' Jiang Lijun in 2003.
Recently obtained court documents revealed that Yahoo provided Chinese officials information that led to Jiang's arrest for posting pro-democracy articles online, according to Reporters Without Borders (RWP).
Jiang was subsequently charged with subversion and sentenced to four years in prison in November of 2003, court records indicated.
Court papers released by RWP stated "user information provided by Yahoo! Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd" enabled Chinese police to link Jiang and fellow democracy advocate Li Yibing to an e-mail account with critical, pro-democracy documents.
"Little by little we are piecing together the evidence for what we have long suspected, that Yahoo is implicated in the arrest of most of the people that we have been defending," the press freedom organisation said.
Yahoo responded to the accusation by saying it was "unaware of this case" and that it was unclear how information about Jiang's online activities was obtained by Chinese officials.
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