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 BEIJING (AP) - Chinese police blocked a private observance Monday of the anniversary of deposed Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang's death, detaining the organizer and putting activists under house arrest.
The move underscored the government's ongoing sensitivity over Zhao, purged from his position in 1989 after sympathizing with pro-democracy protests centered around Tiananmen Square.
Officers detained Li Jinping, a Zhao family friend, on Sunday, taking him from his Beijing home a day before he planned to hold the memorial service marking the Jan. 17, 2005, death of Zhao, who spent his last 15 years under house arrest after being ousted for expressing sympathy with the protesters.
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