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yoohoo to Yahoo...Yahoo chief executive officer Jerry Yang apologised on Tuesday to relatives of two jailed Chinese dissidents in the face of claims from US lawmakers that the internet company had been a “willing participant” in political witch-hunts.
It took a little while for the company to admit any wrongdoing.
In sworn testimony last year, the company said it had had no information about the nature of an investigation into Mr Shi before it gave Chinese authorities identifying information about the journalist’s e-mail.
Mr Shi was subsequently arrested and is serving a 10-year prison term.
Another proud moment in dot com history.
