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Prominent Chinese dissident in hospital

The exiled Chinese dissident, Wei Jingsheng, has been treated in hospital in the Canadian city of Montreal for suspected heart problems.

The organisers of a human rights conference in the city said Mr Wei's appearance had been cancelled after he was rushed to hospital for tests.

The hospital said he later discharged himself.

A prominent campaigner for Democracy, Wei Jiongsheng was allowed to travel to North America last November after spending nearly twenty years in prison in China.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service