Amid a widening anti-graft purge of China’s top ranks, the communist regime has asked Thailand to deport a prominent journalist, whose reporting has exposed corruption in China.
Bai Zhaodong, a veteran investigative reporter, faces the risk of being sent back to China after the communist regime pressured Bangkok, international NGO Reporters Without Borders and Safeguard Defenders said in a July 15 statement.
The rights advocacy groups called on Bangkok to refrain from doing so, warning that Bai could face detention and torture in China, due to his reporting on corruption within the regime’s top leadership.
“Thai authorities must withstand the growing pressure from [China] to forcibly detain and return individuals sought for clear political persecution by the Chinese Communist Party,” Laura Harth, China in the World director at the Safeguard Defenders, said in the statement. …
Chinese Regime Asks Thailand to Deport Journalist Who Reports on Corruption
