According to the NGO Human Rights in China, Liu Shaokun, a teacher from Sichuan Province has been sent to labor camp for having published photos of collapsed school bulidings in the quake hit area. After the earthquake, Liu photographed the damaged school buildings and posted his photos on line. He also expressed his anger over the low quality of these buildings in a newspaper interview.
Liu was detained on the 25th of June for " for disseminating rumors and destroying social order". Later his family was told that he was under investigation for inciting subversion. So far he has been denied any visits from his family:
On July 23, 28 days after his detention, Liu’s wife was informed that there was a letter from her husband to pick up at the Guanghan City Public Security Bureau. When she arrived, she was given a “Reeducation-Through-Labor Notice”, which had Liu’s signature and fingerprints, but not the length of time he would serve. After Liu’s wife demanded to know how and why he was placed in RTL, she was told that Liu would serve one year for “inciting a disturbance".

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