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Lawyer, Web Publisher Accused of Leaking Secrets

Rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong disappeared almost a month ago. The mystery surrounding his whereabouts since then prompted protests and calls for clarity from friends and colleagues, U.N. rights experts, and American and European representatives in Beijing. Last Friday, authorities finally revealed that Jiang had indeed been detained, claiming that he had been held nine days for buying train tickets using someone else’s ID before being released. Jiang, however, did