MCLC: poet charged with subversion

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Source: China National News
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Chinese dissident poet charged with subversion
China National News
Wednesday 18th January, 2012
(ANI)

A veteran Chinese dissident, Zhu Yufu, has been charged with subversion
for writing and publishing a poem on the internet, according to his lawyer.

The poem, entitled It's Time, urged people to gather in support of
freedom, the China Daily reports.

Zhu's lawyer said no date had been set for the trial.

Chinese officials have not commented on the reported charge.

Zhu was formally arrested last April as China began a wide-ranging
clampdown on dissent.

The lawyer, Li Dunyong, said he had collected the indictment on Monday
from a court in the eastern city of Hangzhou.

He said Zhu was "in a good condition".

Zhu is a veteran activist who was involved in the 1979 Democracy Wall
movement, which pressed for a quicker pace of change in China.

He has been jailed twice before for his activism - in 1999 for seven years
and in 2007 for two years. (ANI)