A Web user in Yangjiang, South China's Guangdong Province, was recently detained for 13 days for writing online and handing out bumper stickers complaining about the city's plan to charge car owners an annual fee, the Guangzhou-based Nanfang Rural News reported Tuesday.
The police claimed his post contained harmful content. They would not discuss the issue when contacted by the Global Times.
The local Web user nicknamed xingfu 4321 complained in an online post in late October that the new fee increased car owners' burden, reported the newspaper. The user called on the car owners to paste a bumper sticker on their cars as a form of protest.
The logo, with a clenched fist in the center, is surrounded by the slogan "To hell with the annual fee!" Along the bottom are the words "Say no to corruption!"
The posting was quickly deleted, and the Web user's online alias no longer exists.
The city's plan calls for a new annual charge of 400 yuan ($64.17) to be levied on vehicles with nine seats or less, reported the Yangjiang Daily.
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