Historical recovery status: Archived media-coverage page located; underlying FCM claim not independently verified by this archive entry.
A FreeChina.net media-coverage page preserves an Agence France-Presse report dated January 6, 1999. AFP reported that the Free China Movement said it had received information about a classified directive concerning the use of force by public-security and armed-police units during certain demonstrations.
The existence of the AFP report is verifiable from the archived page. The underlying directive itself is not established by this recovery record, so the claim remains explicitly attributed to the Free China Movement as reported by AFP.
Provenance
- Outlet: Agence France-Presse
- Original report date: January 6, 1999
- Historical FreeChina.net file:
/coverage/english/afpfcm106.htm - Recovery classification: Archived Media Coverage; underlying claim requires separate verification