{"id":40836,"date":"2014-07-10T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=40836 "},"modified":"2014-07-10T14:49:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T14:49:00","slug":"40836-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=40836","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Chinese Opposition Activist Held on Subversion Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An undated photo of activist Lu Gengsong.<\/div><\/div>
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Authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou have once more detained a veteran pro-democracy activist on suspicion of subversion, his wife and rights groups said.<\/div>
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Activist and member of the banned opposition China Democracy Party (CDP) Lu Gengsong was criminally detained by Hangzhou police on Monday on suspicion of “incitement to subvert state power.”<\/div>
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However, his wife said the move was likely a form of retaliation for Lu’s advocacy work on behalf of ordinary people with grievances against the ruling Chinese Communist Party.<\/div>
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“Lu Gengsong came to see me at my workplace at around 8:00 p.m. [on Monday], and the police took him away as he was coming out,” Lu’s wife Wang Xue’e told RFA.<\/div>
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“The police didn’t give us a reason.”<\/div>
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According to a copy of the police detention notice seen by RFA, Lu is currently being held at the Hangzhou detention center.<\/div>
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Wang said more than 20 officers had then searched the couple’s home, seizing a computer and two cell phones.<\/div>
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“The Hangzhou police didn’t send the notification of criminal detention to us until Tuesday morning,” Wang said.<\/div>
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The charge against Lu, 58, was listed as “incitement to subvert state power,” she added.<\/div>
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She said she planned to hire top rights attorney Mo Shaoping to defend Lu.<\/div>
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“That’s what Lu Gengsong told the state security police, and they gave me the message,” Wang said.<\/div>
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