Blogger Qiu Ziming was jailed in China for "defaming martyrs" after he posted on Weibo that the death toll of the China-India border clash last year was higher than the official count. — REUTERS
China has jailed a popular blogger for "defaming martyrs" after he suggested the death toll of the China-India border clash last year was higher than the official count of four.
Qiu Ziming — with over 2.5 million followers on China's twitter-like Weibo — was sentenced to eight months in prison, the court in the eastern city of Nanjing announced Tuesday.
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