Two Dissidents Back From U.S. Jailed
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In the first official statement on the whereabouts of two U.S.-based Chinese dissidents who slipped back into China, the Foreign Ministry said the two had been caught and sentenced to three years of forced labor, the maximum sentence police can order without a trial. The ministry said police arrested Zhang Lin and Wei Quanbao on Nov. 12 in the southern city of Guangzhou in a barbershop operating as a brothel. The two sneaked back into China seven weeks ago.
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