Chinese Journalist Who Advocated for Disgraced Politician Is Detained Song Yangbiao, a Chinese journalist who has called for people to protest the prosecution of Bo Xilai, a fallen senior Communist Party official, has been detained, according to Lu Qi, a friend of Mr. Song. Mr. Lu said on his microblog on Wednesday that Mr. Song had told a younger sister in a police station on Aug. 5 that he was being detained because of his remarks on his microblog account. Mr. Song had posted messages in support of Mr. Bo, who is expected to go on trial in the coming weeks or days on charges of bribetaking, embezzlement and abuse of power. Mr. Song's microblog account has been deleted, but freeweibo.com has saved some messages. One message read: "All members of the Chinese Communist Party should rise up together to oppose the illegal trial in Jinan," according to Reuters. Mr. Lu, who writes for Time Weekly, said Mr. Song has been detained since Sunday. During his four years as party chief of Chongqing, starting in December 2007, Mr. Bo promoted populist campaigns and policies in which he sought to portray himself as a leftist leader who wanted to reinstitute the original tenets of the Communist Party. Because of that, Mr. Bo won a loyal following among leftists who criticize pro-market policies by the party.