Activist: China Releases Jailed Journalist

Posted on January 5, 2006 5:13 AM | | Comments (0)

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | The New York Times
January 3, 2006

BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese journalist who was jailed on subversion charges after reporting on corruption has been released early from prison, ahead of a planned U.S. visit by President Hu Jintao, a U.S.-based activist announced Wednesday.

Jiang Weiping was released Tuesday after the one year remaining on his sentence was commuted, and he was with his family in the northeastern city of Dalian, said John Kamm, executive director of the Duihua Foundation in San Francisco. Kamm said he had spoken to Jiang's wife.

Kamm said he didn't know the reason for the early release.

But Hu is due to visit the United States early this year, and Beijing frequently releases prominent prisoners in connection with high-level official contacts with the United States.

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