E/CN.4/2006/5/Add.1 Page 22 to persons outside the country. On 17 August 2003, in Dachengzi township, in the Miyun district of Beijing, he was taken in and questioned by the police for participating in an unlawful activity. On that same day, Liu gathered together relevant information about the event and set it out in documentary form and, with Zhang’s help, transmitted it by email to persons outside the country. Following appraisal by the State secrets office, the materials referred to above were deemed to be State intelligence. The Hangzhou city people’s intermediate court determined that the conduct of the three persons in question constituted the offence of espionage for a foreign power and the divulging of State intelligence and, on 6 August 2004, passed verdict at first instance, sentencing Liu to three years’ fixed term imprisonment and stripping him of his political rights for three years; sentencing Xu to two years’ fixed term imprisonment and stripping him of his political rights for two years; and sentencing Zhang to one years’ fixed term imprisonment and stripping him of his political rights for one year. After judgement was passed, Liu and Xu both filed appeals. Zhang accepted the judgement and did not file an appeal. He was released on 7 February 2005 on completion of his sentence. After hearing the case at second instance, the Zhejiang high court found that the original judgement had been based on clear facts, the legal provisions applied were correct, the sentence was commensurate with the offence and the trial proceedings had been in accordance with due process and, on 13 September 2004, the court ruled that the appeal brought by Liu and Xu should be dismissed and that the original judgement should stand. Huo Junlong, Zhang Zhenqian and others On 6 August 2004, Huo held a training session for underground priests in Quyang county and, after he and the others had been duly admonished by officials of the religious affairs bureau, they were ordered to disperse voluntarily. The public security authorities did not intervene in this matter, nor were any restrictive measures taken against him. Luo Bingyin and others Since 2003, without obtaining industrial, commercial or tax registration, Luo has unlawfully printed some 20,000 copies of publications, reproduced many thousands of leaflets and marketed these among the general public, swiftly amassing immense profits. In view of the large quantities involved, he breached the provisions of article 225 of the Chinese Criminal Code, on unlawful business operations. On 2 September 2004, the Fuyang city public security authorities, acting in accordance with the Chinese Criminal Code and the Chinese Code of Criminal Procedure, took Luo into criminal detention; on 1 October, following approval by the procurator’s office, Luo was arrested; on 29 November the case was referred to the prosecution service for the institution of legal proceedings. According to our understanding, the Xinjiang public security authorities have not taken any restrictive measures against Zhao Xinliang and the five other persons.