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| Chinese dissident Wang Bingzhang urges review of espionage guilty verdict
BEIJING, Sept 20 (AFP) - Chinese dissident Wang Bingzhang, jailed for life in February on charges of espionage and terrorism, has asked the High Court in Guangdong province to review his verdict, an advocacy group said Saturday. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in July found that Wang, a 20-year US resident, was arrested and imprisoned in a process that violated international laws. BizVantage – The NOW newsletters, realtime with your content - for business, investment or technology. Wang was formally arrested in December 2002 after nearly six months in detention in China, which followed his mysterious disappearance from the Sino-Vietnamese border. Two other dissidents arrested with him, Yue Wu and Zhangi Qi, have since been released. "Wang Bingzhang rejects the charges against him and on September 19 asked the Guangdong high court to consider reviewing his case," said a statement from the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy. His daughter Wang Qingyan was able to make her first visit to her father for the mid-autumn festival on September 11, the center said, but was not allowed to bring him badly-needed medicines. Guards at the Beijiang prison in Shaoguan village have also denied Wang permission to read the Christian bible, the center added. boc/lg China-dissident
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