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Rumors online claim Hu Jintao chaired a meeting to deploy security for the Beijing Olympics

2008.06.27 ·Hearsay ·Importance IV ·Sources 1 ·Beijing

The video claims that in June 2008 Hu Jintao presided over a Politburo meeting to deploy Olympic security, with Beijing mobilizing 50,000 police officers and more than 1 million militia patrol members and volunteers; no public reports of this meeting or these figures can be found.

After the Sichuan Earthquake, Liu Shaokun Was Sentenced to Re-education Through Labor for Publishing Photos of School Buildings

2008.06.25 ·Reported ·Importance V ·Sources 2 ·Deyang, Sichuan

Liu Shaokun, a teacher in Deyang, Sichuan, photographed school buildings that collapsed during the earthquake and questioned the construction quality. He was taken away by police on June 25, 2008, and was later sentenced to one year of re-education through labor.

Wang Yi, Vice President of China Development Bank, Placed Under Investigation

2008.06 ·Verified ·Importance IV ·Sources 1 ·Beijing

In June 2008, Wang Yi, Vice President of the China Development Bank, who had been in a relationship with Liu Fangfei and paid off her mortgage, was taken away by a special investigation team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for 'shuanggui' (a form of detention for party members). He was later sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in 2010.