Gao Yu: State Secrets and Freedom of the Press

Gao Yu, a veteran reporter with quite a reputation, once worked together with Wang Juntao at the Jingjixue zhoubao (Economics weekly). She was detained and investigated on the eve of the June 4 [1989] incident but was released for lack of evidence. This time she was charged with the crime of "unlawfully providing secrets." I and the Hebei lawyer Niu Bingyu entered a plea of not guilty for her at the Court of First Instance.