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<P>China Formally Arrests NYT Researcher for Secrets</P>
<P>Reuters
Thursday, October 21, 2004; 9:41 AM

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<P>BEIJING (Reuters) - China has formally arrested a New York Times researcher detained last month for passing state secrets to foreigners, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of death, his lawyer said on Thursday. </P>
<P>"He was arrested yesterday, completely and formally arrested," lawyer Mo Shaoping said. </P>
<P>"The crime is the same as when he was detained -- illegally providing state secrets to foreigners. At its most serious, it can carry the death sentence." </P>
<P>Zhao Yan, a former reporter for the magazine China Reform, was detained in late September on suspicion of helping break the sensitive news that leader Jiang Zemin would retire from politics, according to sources familiar with the case. </P>
<P>The New York Times has denied the accusation that its researcher was involved in such a crime and has lobbied the U.S. government to press China for his release. </P>
<P>Zhao's arrest comes less than a week before a visit to Beijing by Secretary of State Colin Powell who raised the case last month in a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing. </P>
<P>A Foreign Ministry spokesman said in September Zhao was held on suspicion of illegally possessing state secrets, a crime that carries a lighter maximum sentence than passing secrets to foreigners, but Mo said he had been charged with the latter, more serious, crime. </P>
<P>"It's still in the investigation phase. Once that is done, there is the procuratorial investigation and prosecution phase, and only then is there the possibility of a court hearing," Mo said. "Anything is possible." </P>
<P>Before joining the Times, Zhao had exposed corruption and tested the boundaries of official tolerance of media freedoms in a series of run-ins with authorities. </P>
<P>Mo said he had yet to see Zhao, but was preparing an application for permission to visit. </P>
<P>Relations between the United States and China have been gradually improving, especially with increased economic and diplomatic cooperation, but Washington is critical of Beijing for its human rights record</P>
<P>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50928-2004Oct21.html</P>
<P>China Formally Arrests NYT Researcher for Secrets</P>
<P>Reuters
Thursday, October 21, 2004; 9:41 AM

<P>
<P>BEIJING (Reuters) - China has formally arrested a New York Times researcher detained last month for passing state secrets to foreigners, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of death, his lawyer said on Thursday. </P>
<P>"He was arrested yesterday, completely and formally arrested," lawyer Mo Shaoping said. </P>
<P>"The crime is the same as when he was detained -- illegally providing state secrets to foreigners. At its most serious, it can carry the death sentence." </P>
<P>Zhao Yan, a former reporter for the magazine China Reform, was detained in late September on suspicion of helping break the sensitive news that leader Jiang Zemin would retire from politics, according to sources familiar with the case. </P>
<P>The New York Times has denied the accusation that its researcher was involved in such a crime and has lobbied the U.S. government to press China for his release. </P>
<P>Zhao's arrest comes less than a week before a visit to Beijing by Secretary of State Colin Powell who raised the case last month in a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing. </P>
<P>A Foreign Ministry spokesman said in September Zhao was held on suspicion of illegally possessing state secrets, a crime that carries a lighter maximum sentence than passing secrets to foreigners, but Mo said he had been charged with the latter, more serious, crime. </P>
<P>"It's still in the investigation phase. Once that is done, there is the procuratorial investigation and prosecution phase, and only then is there the possibility of a court hearing," Mo said. "Anything is possible." </P>
<P>Before joining the Times, Zhao had exposed corruption and tested the boundaries of official tolerance of media freedoms in a series of run-ins with authorities. </P>
<P>Mo said he had yet to see Zhao, but was preparing an application for permission to visit. </P>
<P>Relations between the United States and China have been gradually improving, especially with increased economic and diplomatic cooperation, but Washington is critical of Beijing for its human rights record</P>
<P>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50928-2004Oct21.html</P>
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