Chinese authorities have detained a Twitter user in the country for posting a political joke in the run-up to the government?s leadership change earlier this month, according to backers of a petition demanding his release.
The user, Zhai Xiaobin, was detained on Nov. 7 likely for a Twitter post he made two days prior that made fun of China?s 18th Communist Party Congress, said Wen Yunchao, a blogger who authored the petition. His family was told that he was being detained for spreading false and terrible information.
In his post, Zhai likened the party congress to the horror movie series ?Final Destination,? this time with the country?s politicians stalked by Death and gradually killed off.
?Final Destination 6 has arrived. The Great Hall of the People collapses and the over 2000 people at the meeting are dead, except for seven of them. But afterwards, the seven die one after another in bizarre ways. Is it a game of God, or the wrath of Death? How will 18, the mysterious number, unlock the gate of Hell? Premieres globally on November 8th to bring you an earthshaking experience!? the Twitter message reads when translated into English.
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