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walterbell on Oct 2, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: 230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to ...

> thankful to not have my family denied education or other social essentials because i decide to speak my mind

Ongoing vigilance is essential to preserve these freedoms, as evidenced in the recent US DOJ prosecution of eBay executives for intimidation of a journalist, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33049853

> A former eBay Inc. executive was sentenced on Thursday to almost five years in prison for leading a scheme to terrorize the creators of an online newsletter that included sending live spiders, cockroaches, a funeral wreath and other disturbing deliveries to their home.

throwamon on Oct 2, 2022 [–]

Almost five years? Wow, I'm sure he'll come out of it a better, de-psychopathized man.

Your example only shows what a joke the system we live under is and what ridiculous lengths we go to justify it.

walterbell on Oct 2, 2022 | [–]

Are you aware of another such case which was even prosecuted, much less obtaining a conviction with prison sentence?

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