Hotel worker detained for web leak of details on Wang Lijun's trip to Beijing

A man in Sichuan has been ordered to serve seven days' detention for "posting details online about the case of former Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun".

The leaked information revealed that Wang, who was the right-hand man of former Chongqing party head Bo Xilai, was travelling to Beijing escorted by seven national security officers on February 10 after leaving the US consulate in Sichuan's capital, Chengdu.

China watchers abroad and mainland internet users were left guessing the whereabouts of Wang after he left the consulate. He had fled to the consulate to seek help after confronting his boss with evidence implicating Bo's wife, Gu Kailai, in the death of Briton Neil Heywood.

The man, surnamed Mao and a hotel employee, was placed under "administrative detention" in Chengdu on Friday, the Chengdu Daily said, citing sources from the Chengdu National Security Bureau.

The newspaper said Mao had posted online information provided by his friend, who worked for an airline. The information included Wang's flight details and names of the seven accompanying national security officers.

Mao "deliberately leaked national security secrets", the paper said, adding that the airline employee involved received a warning, while Mao was punished with detention.