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BEIJING, Mar 22, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- The wife of a Chinese AIDS activist who has been missing for more than a month has appealed for information on his whereabouts.
Zeng Jinyan said in Beijing Tuesday that she had exhausted all official avenues in finding her husband, Hu Jia, the South China Morning Post reported.
In addition to helping Chinese AIDS patients and AIDS orphans, Hu has been involved in human rights activities. Shortly before his disappearance on Feb. 16, he was helping to organize a hunger strike over the central government's prosecution of two civil rights activists.
Zeng said that no authorities had hinted they would arrest her husband. She also said police rejected her attempt to file a missing person's report.
During past arrests, Zeng said, Hu had been beaten and kept in a basement. She said a repeat of such abuses "would be devastating to his already poor health."
Zeng, 22, also an AIDS activist, married Hu, 32, in January. She said she had been reluctant to take the case to the media until now, fearing that it would have a negative impact on the children she was helping.
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