Provincial Chinese police have detained at least five people over content posted online that alleged gang-rape and murder at a police-backed brothel.
The detentions add to a long string of cases in which Chinese police have taken bloggers or other Internet users into custody for writing online about government corruption. The events also show how Chinese Internet users have sometimes used the Web to reveal and trumpet injustices, and how the government has worked to control online opinion when it turns critical of authority.
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