HONG KONG - CHINESE activists are planning to launch a whistleblowing website modelled on WikiLeaks in a bid to expose state secrets and spur political reform, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday.
The activists, who are using social networking sites like Twitter to mobilise and call on people to upload classified information to their database, said it plans to launch 'Government Leaks' on June 1 next year, the daily said.
The site's founder - identified only as Deep Throat - said the website would go online just days ahead of the 22nd anniversary of the bloody June 4 crackdown on democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen square.
'I think that by making government secrets open we can promote democracy in China,' he told the English-language daily.
'This is a fight against the dictatorship, and to return the right to information to the people. I believe it will advance China's political reform.' Deep Throat said that he had originally wanted to team up with WikiLeaks, but that emails sent to the website had bounced back undelivered.
'Government Leaks has no relation with WikiLeaks, but you can call us the copycat version of WikiLeaks in China,' he told the paper, adding that the site would continue to approach WikiLeaks for help.
Source: ST Online/AFP
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