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Teenager released after detention for spreading rumor in Gansu
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A 16-year-old student in northwest China's Gansu Province was released this morning from a seven-day administrative detention for spreading a rumor that had been retweeted 500 times, police said.
The police repealed its earlier decision to hold the teenager in criminal detention, considering his repentance.
Police said the student, surnamed Yang, wrote a microblog on September 14, saying they had acted improperly after a man committed suicide by jumping from a building two days before in Zhangjiachuan County of Gansu Province.
In another post, Yang said local police clashed with people after the man's death and even beat up the man's relatives. Later Yang posted again, saying the building where the suicide took place was a KTV club owned by the deputy chief of the county's court.
Police said one of Yang's posts had been retweeted more than 500 times, which violated a new regulation effective from September 9. The teenage thus became the first person to be punished for spreading online rumor.
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