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Wednesday, December 31, 2003 |
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China Upholds Ruling on Korean Photographer. (Korea Times, Dec 23, 2003) By Seo Soo-min Staff Reporter A Chinese appeals court last week upheld a lower court’s ruling sentencing a South Korean journalist to two years in prison for helping North Korean refugees out of China, officials said on Tuesday. ``At a court session last Friday, a Chinese judge gave Seok Jae-hyun a two-year prison term and fine of 5,000 yuan (about 720,000 won), rejecting his appeal,’’ a Foreign Affairs-Trade Ministry official said on Tuesday. Seok, 33, is a freelance photojournalist who did work for The New York Times. He was caught last January assisting in a failed attempt to smuggle North Korean refugees out of China by boat. ``We were hoping the Chinese government would listen... [Free North Korea!]
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CHINA ARRESTS HOUSE CHURCH LEADERS AND WRITER (ANS)
The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) urged prayers for a jailed Christian Internet writer Zhang Shengqi and other Christian contacts who were arrested amid a crackdown against house churches across China, ASSIST News Service (ANS) monitored Tuesday, Dec. 30
VOM, a leading Christian human rights watchdog, said "10 Chinese Public Security Bureau (PSB) officers raided the house" last month of the writer's seriously ill fiancé Ye Jifei in the province of Jilin on the North Korean border.
"She faced constant interrogation for more than 24 hours," after being taken into custody, VOM said.
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