to disturb social order ... by shouting slogans and gathering illegally. He was sentenced on 10 November 2010 to years prison. The main charge was inciting social disorder. Three incidents were used against Zhao at his trial: Organizing a gathering of 12 parents Holding a sign in front of a factory and court Giving media interviews in a public place Amnesty International condemned the sentence and he began a hunger strike in protest. Li Xuemei, his wife, indicated there would be an appeal. Leung Man-tao, a Hong Kong based writer, wrote an op-ed in Southern Weekend in Guangzhou, defending Zhao. He was named as a political prisoner by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, and as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. Zhao was subsequently released on medical parole, which normally allows freedom of movement, subject to regular reports to the local police. But Zhao has largely been restricted to his Daxing home and official harassment has continued, such as when he tried to take his children for a day out on 31 May 2011, and the family were surrounded by police and public security officials and held in a nearby restaurant in what onlookers thought was a hostage situation. Censorship Reports and discussions on Chinese websites are restricted. On 30 March 2010, Hong Kong singer Gigi Leung posted about the unjustly jailed Zhao Lianhai on Sina Weibo. After receiving a message from website's administrator, Gigi Leung then deleted the relevant blog, resulted in hundreds of supportive messages from her fans. 2010 Hong Kong journalists assaulted On 10 December 2010 several Hong Kong journalists were at Zhao's apartment in Daxing Beijing to interview his supporters. About 40 members of a "Neighbourhood Management Committee" tried to stop the journalists. The journalists were kicked, struck and had their cameras blocked. An ATV journalist's camera was hit. A female RTHK reporter was slapped. The Hong Kong Journalists Association expressed concern about the incident. Hong Kong director of broadcasting Franklin Wong Wah-kay (黃華麒), head of the public broadcaster RTHK, condemned the attack and said the journalists were legally covering the case under mainland law. On 29 December 2010 the director of the Hong Kong and Macau office of the State Council Wang Guangya said that under the one country, two systems principle Hong Kong should not interfere. He then made a controversial statement that "well water should not mix with river water (do not