The dangers of speech crimes.
The NYT reports that Zhao Yan, 43, who worked in the newspaper's Beijing bureau, and has spent 15 months in prison without a hearing was indicted for revealing state secrets to the newspaper and also on a lesser charge of fraud.
Bill Keller, the executive editor of The Times sad, "We've seen no evidence whatsoever that he is guilty of anything but honest journalism," Mr. Keller said.
Unfortunately, honest journalism seems to be a crime in China. Shi Tao, the journalist Yahoo identified for the Chinese government learned that when he was sentenced to 10 years for reporting on the government's plans for the Tiananmen Square anniversary. Unfortunately, it looks like Zhao Yan is next in line.