China: independent journalists Liu Hu and Wu Yingjiao arrested for reporting on corruption

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/50241951

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Wu Yingjiao and Liu Hu, two independent journalists, were taken into custody by local police on 1 February 2026 on charges of “making false accusations” and “illegal business operations. Their detention followed the publication of an investigative report they co-authored on the Chinese social media WeChat on 29 January 2026, which reportedly exposed the corruption of Pu Fayou, the Party Secretary for Pujiang County, located in the province of Sichuan. The article has since been deleted from WeChat.

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