Chinese peasants charged with subversion


27 August 1999


Chinese peasants charged with subversion


TEN Chinese peasants have been arrested and charged with subversion for forming a secret anti-corruption “army”, say prosecutors in the south-west city of Chongqing.

The group is led by a 52-year-old man and has declaring itself against corruption, which often blights rural Chinese life.

It has also called for a re-assessment of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protest.

  • The Daily Telegraph 27/08/99 page 15

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