Detained Hong Kong Journalist faces the DEATH Penalty for seeking a unpublished manuscript by the late deposed Premier Zhao Zi Yang. He has been unfairly accused of Treason in order to imprison him under Chinese Law. (China Detains Journalist as Spy)
The petition maintains that Ching Cheong was NOT in China for stealing state secrets but doing his work as a journalist. I know people don’t think petitions work but my government already said they will do nothing. (Detention of HK journalist is mainland’s legal affair, say officials)
This will the only way we can help. Please sign. And if you can put it up on your blog or send it to your friends. We would apreciate that so much.
We, journalists and press freedom activists, call for the immediate release of our colleague Ching Cheong, unfairly detained in China since 22 April 2005. Our colleague, correspondent for the Singapore daily Straits Times, is an experienced and honest reporter who respects journalistic ethics.
We reject the accusations of spying brought against him by the Chinese government, which are liable to create confusion and cast suspicion on the entire profession.
Ching Cheong was in China to carry out his work as a journalist and for that reason alone.
Yan Sham-Shackleton Online 
Hi Yan, thanx for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. I’m glad you liked my blog. I was very impressed with yours when I first saw it and added it as a link on my blog under “world of blogs” category. Cheers, jacob :-))
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Yan,
Thanks for the link! I don’t think you linked to me before, but you had commented on my blog a long time ago.
Also, thanks for your blog, I am always so inspired by it — whether it be your art, or your political work.
Cheers!
Jodi
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Yan,
I received your email and I’ve posted your request to my blog.
Cheers!
Gordon
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Well I cann’t get access to the site of the petition.
I don’t know whether the Great Firewall has blocked it or it is a technical problem.
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I can access it from here. You shouldn’t sign it anyway. It could get you in trouble. No need to take such big risks.
Yan
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I’m somewhat optimistic that petitions may actually help prisoners in China, even if it’s not their release.
If there is a lot of international spotlight on a certain prisoner the Chinese government will make sure they are not treated as harshly as they would be if no one is paying attention. China doesn’t want to make themselves look too bad in the international spotlight, especially with Beijing 2008.
So, I urge everyone to petition hard! I don’t think Mr Ching will receive the death penalty now that everyone in the world is watching. Let’s keep the media spotlight on him. His wife knows what she is doing by keeping the media spotlight on him.
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