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19 Apr 2006

Author:
Parmy Olson, Forbes

Report Alleges Semel's Yahoo Helped China Again

A free press advocacy group has published a verdict from Chinese authorities that may implicate Yahoo! as having provided evidence for the Communist state to prosecute one of its users for subversion... Yahoo! spokeswoman Mary Osako said that the company was unaware of the case, though pointed to the fact that it was unclear how the information on Jiang Lijun had been accessed. Reporters Without Borders does say that the access code could also have been provided by Jiang Lijun's collaborator, who was suspected of having been a police informer in the case... When asked if it were possible that Jiang LiJun's information had been provided by Yahoo! China, the spokeswoman replied, "Yes". She added: "Let us make clear that we condemn punishment of any activity internationally recognized as free expression, whether that punishment takes place in China or anywhere else in the world."

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