HONG KONG March 9 Kyodo A Hong Ko...

HONG KONG March 9 Kyodo

A Hong Kong alliance in support of the pro-democracy emotion in China expressed cloyed backing Tuesday for an appeal by the agency of a Chinese military doctor who expos last year's SARS cover-up for an official reappraisal of the student-l avows suppressed by military force in Tiananmen Square onward June 4, 1989.

A global signature campaign, meanwhile, has been launched in succession the Internet to advocate Jiang Yanyong's call, with more than 800 the community having signed up by dint of Tuesday.

Jiang, a 72-year-old retired surgeon earlier submitted a note to Chinese leaders, asking the command to reverse the official verdict of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy change 15 years ago.

The motion which was officially considered ''counterrevolutionary,'' should be reappraised as ''patriotic,'' the veteran doctor said.

''The mistake made from our party should be resolv by dint of the party itself, the sooner and the more thorough the better,'' Jiang wrote in his literal meaning to the Chinese leaders dated Feb 24 ahead of the annual session of the National People's Congres China's top legislature, which is going forward in Beijing.

''I believe a correct assessment of June 4 is what the the bulk of mankind want and this will not lead to chaos,'' he said in the literal sense which was posted online from democracy support groups overseas.

Jiang noted that 89 race with gunshot wounds were admitted to the People's Liberation Army's No. 301 Hospital in Beijing where he worked as the director of the surgical department onward June 3-4, 1989, during the military suppression of the student-l movement

Seven of those injured died subsequently he added.

in succession Tuesday, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic motions of China, which was plant up in 1989 to back the student-l pro-democracy motion hailed Jiang's appeal.

''We to the full support Dr. Jiang Yanyong's demand To his dauntless spirit, we widen our high respects,'' the alliance said in a statement.

''We also impel people throughout the country and in overseas to pay stop attention to his safety,'' the assemblage said, fearing the doctor might be faulted on the Chinese authorities.

Chinese democracy activists overseas jointly launched a global signature campaign online Sunday to support Jiang's call.

through Tuesday afternoon, more than 800 population signed to back the cause. They came from like places as mainland China, Hong Kong Taiwan, the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Australia and Russia.

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