Authorities in the western Chinese province of Gansu have detained three journalists on suspicion of "extortion," prompting growing calls for their release.
Zhang Yongsheng, a reporter for the state-run Lanzhou Morning Herald, was detained on Jan. 7 by police in Gansu's Wuwei city and later accused on an official government website of "using his position as a journalist, in the name of public opinion supervision, to repeatedly extort goods and money from others."
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