Update | Beijing detains, parades journalist Gao Yu on state TV for 'leaking state secrets'
'Confession' of prominent Tiananmen Square democracy movement supporter broadcast on CCTV
The outspoken Chinese political analyst and journalist Gao Yu has been detained by Beijing police in a criminal investigation over charges of leaking state secrets abroad, weeks before the 25th anniversary of the military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square democracy movement.
Gao, 70, leaked a secret document to editors of a foreign website in August last year, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. Gao was “deeply remorseful” of her actions and “willing to accept legal punishment”, the report said, ending speculation over her whereabouts two weeks after she disappeared.
Watch: Gao Yu's confession for "leaking state secrets"
“I think my actions have touched on legal issues, have harmed the national interest," she tells a policeman. "What I have done was very wrong. I seriously and earnestly accept to learn a lesson and plead guilty."
Gao's disappearance was noted last week when she did not attend a private meeting to commemorate the Tiananmen Square anniversary in Beijing as expected on April 26. She was detained on April 24, Xinhua said.