A prominent Chinese journalist faces a potentially severe penalty after she confessed to leaking state secrets on national television on Thursday, marking an escalation in official efforts to control dissent ahead of June’s 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Gao Yu, 70, said she provided an internal document to an overseas website, according to reports by China Central Television and the official Xinhua news agency. CCTV broadcast footage of a blurred figure, who it identified as Ms Gao, expressing remorse for her actions.
“What I did . . . harmed national interests and was a grave mistake,” Ms Gao said. “I will earnestly and sincerely learn lessons from it and admit my guilt.”
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