A high profile online campaign has helped a Chinese teenager avoid becoming the first person charged with violating new criminal laws against spreading rumours on the internet.
Yang Hui, a 16-year-old student in northwestern Gansu Province, was detained last week amid allegations that he had broken strict anti-rumour mongering laws introduced as authorities move to tighten control over information on the internet.
The teenager, who was released on Monday, had posted pictures of a protest following the unexplained death of a man at a karaoke hall owned by relatives of a local official. In the post Mr Yang said some of the relatives of the dead man had been detained and he dared police to arrest him. The police blamed him for the protest.
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