From epochtime:

Although the Chinese leadership has indicated the need for transparency, when one CNN Reporter group in attempted to report the news that the Beijing University people's hospital had closed, the reporters were arrested and their tape confiscated. Also, according to the free Asia broadcasting station, Beijing authorities arrested netters disseminating "SARS rumors" on the Internete. This report states, the event once more exposes the fact that Chinese information is insufficiently transparent, and that one of its consequences was rumors flying all over....The Beijing police arrested several netters, referred to them through rumors disseminated over the Internet.