Representative Christopher H. Smith, Chair
Senator Jeff Merkley, Cochair
Chinese Editors Appeal Jail Terms After Colleague Freed
September 9, 2004
Radio Free Asia reports that the Southern Metropolitan Daily's former deputy editor-in-chief and Southern Group general manager Yu Huafeng and former editor Li Minying are currently appealing their jail sentences, which were already slashed from 12 and 11 years to eight and six years respectively by the Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People’s Court on appeal in June.