BEIJING, Feb 12: A former newspaper reporter who returned to China from Malaysia after astudy trip has been arrested on subversion charges, his father and aUS-based rights group said Thursday. (boxun.com)

Huang Jinqiu was detained by the Chinese government on September 13 lastyear and is being held in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, the Free ChinaMovement said.

His family members were only recently notified.

"My son came back to China from Malaysia where he had been studying.Before he went overseas he was a journalist with Guangzhou Evening News,"his father Huang Guide told AFP.

"I don't know what he is supposed to have done but I know he is innocent.He has no power and no money. What was he supposed to have done?"

Huang said he was being prevented from seeing his son and had heardnothing about a trial date.

The Free China Movement, which gave no details about what Huang'ssubversion charges relate to, called for his immediate release.Agence France Presse (boxun.com)