In an article posted on the U.S.-based Chinese language news portal Boxun, long-time Chinese political activist Liu Xiaobo has claimed that Internet giant Yahoo cooperated with Chinese police in August 2003, leading to the identification and arrest of activist Li Zhi in 2003. Li, who tried to join the dissident Chinese Democracy Party, was charged with subverting state power and sentenced to 8 years in prison. According to Liu, who in turn cited a statement from Li’s lawyers, Chinese authorities sentenced Li on the basis of information turned over by Yahoo’s Hong Kong office.
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