China Set to Free Last Remaining Tiananmen Protester

The last person jailed in connection with Beijing’s 1989 pro-democracy Tiananmen Square protests may soon be released, according to a U.S.-based advocacy group.

Miao Deshun, 25 at the time of his arrest, was convicted of throwing a basket at a burning People's Liberation Army (PLA) tank during the bloody crackdown on the peaceful student-led demonstration.

Miao was initially handed a suspended death sentence, though this was commuted to life imprisonment in 1991.