Great Regulars: "I don't know if they will give my parents

any trouble because of it," he [Hu Jia] said. "They are terrified, because the police [said] they would take special measures to deal with me ahead of the 18th Party Congress," Hu said.

"The authorities really wish I would be out of Beijing for the 18th Party Congress . . . and at least they haven't said that they will stop me going," he added.

"My parents have been saying repeatedly that I should go back home with them, or else my life could be in danger."

from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Fears For Hu Jia's Health

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