No public commemoration for purged China leader Zhao


  • World
  • Tuesday, 03 Jan 2006

BEIJING (Reuters) - Relatives of Zhao Ziyang, China's Communist Party chief ousted for opposing the 1989 army crackdown on democracy protesters, will not publicly mark this month's first anniversary of his death, sources close to the family said on Tuesday. 

A former policeman announced plans to hold private commemorations at his Beijing home on Jan. 9, days before the Jan. 17 anniversary of Zhao's death, but security forces were expected to prevent democracy campaigners from attending. 

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