China lawyer appeals 'state secret' pollution claim
- Published: 27 Feb 2013 at 11.43
- Online news: Asia
A Chinese lawyer has appealed against an official refusal to release the results of a national soil pollution survey on the grounds that it was a "state secret", he told AFP on Wednesday.
A farmer works next to a chemical factory in Yixing town, Jiangsu province, March 2006. A Chinese lawyer has appealed against an official refusal to release the results of a national soil pollution survey on the grounds that it was a "state secret", he told AFP on Wednesday.
China's environmental protection ministry said the survey results were a state secret after Beijing lawyer Dong Zhengwei applied for them to be released, the Legal Daily newspaper reported.
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