Military surgeon Jiang Yanyong is seen in a hotel room in China’s capital Beijing on Feb. 9, 2004. AP FILE PHOTO
Military surgeon Jiang Yanyong is seen in a hotel room in China’s capital Beijing on Feb. 9, 2004. AP FILE PHOTO
Military surgeon Jiang Yanyong is seen in a hotel room in China's capital Beijing on Feb. 9, 2004. AP FILE PHOTO

BEIJING: Jiang Yanyong, a Chinese military doctor who revealed the full extent of the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak and was later placed under house arrest for his political outspokenness, has died, a longtime acquaintance and a Hong Kong newspaper said on Tuesday.

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