China puts entrepreneur on trial over Tiananmen protests

A Chinese entrepreneur arrested over articles about the Tiananmen Square protests has gone on trial on subversion charges.

A Chinese entrepreneur arrested over articles about the Tiananmen Square protests has gone on trial on subversion charges.

Huang Qi placed the articles on his website, www.6-4tianwang.com.

He is accused of "inciting the overthrow of state power".

The trial in the Chengdu Intermediate People's Court was held behind closed doors.

No verdict or sentence will be announced until the court's finding are reported to "higher ups".

Human rights groups say that "inciting the overthrow of state power" refers to government claims that his site mentioned the independence movement in Xinjiang and the banned spiritual group Falun Gong.

Huang was arrested at his home in Chengdu on June 3, the day before the 11th anniversary of the government crackdown on the pro-democracy protests.

He set up his website in 1999 as a bulletin board for missing persons reports.

The site attracted postings about the pro-democracy movement because "6-4" is the reference in Chinese to the June 4 crackdown.

Postings before the anniversary called for a reversal of the official verdict that the protests were "counterrevolutionary" turmoil. Human rights groups say the site also drew comments about human rights abuses and official corruption.

Huang has denied responsibility for those postings.

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