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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Suspicous

Jailed China tainted milk activist 'drops appeal'
Mr Zhao was jailed for two-and-a-half years for organising a parents' support group and campaigning for compensation.

He vowed to appeal when he was sentenced earlier this month.

But lawyers working for Mr Zhao told the BBC Chinese service they were blocked from visiting him on Monday to discuss his case.

Instead they were given a note, apparently from Mr Zhao, saying he no longer needed their services.

One lawyer, Li Fangping, told the BBC he could not tell if Mr Zhao wrote the message voluntarily because he was not allowed to see him in person.
His wife gave the lawyers a note telling them they were fired. But the question is whether the government got to the family.

I am so glad I do not live in China. But so many on the planet do, and they deserve a true justice system. Mr Zhao should not even be in gaol right now.

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