Chinese Editor Released From Prison

From AP:

The editor of a Chinese newspaper known for its aggressive reporting has been released early from prison after serving four years on corruption charges, a colleague at his newspaper and a journalists’ group said Saturday.

Yu Huafeng left a prison in the southern city of Panyu on Friday and immediately returned to his nearby home, according to a receptionist at the Southern Metropolitan Daily and Paris-based Reporters Without Borders.

The operator refused to give her name and said she had no details.

Read also Newspaper president’s release after four years hailed from Reporters Without Borders. For more background on Yu’s case and the Southern Metropolis News, read “Rise of Rights?

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