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uo Yushan Was Instrumental in the Escape of Dissident Chen Guangcheng in 2012
By JOSH CHIN CONNECT
Oct. 12, 2014 3:43 a.m. ET
Authorities in Beijing have criminally detained Guo Yushan, an activist legal scholar who was instrumental in the escape of dissident Chen Guangcheng, pictured here in Washington in September. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
BEIJING—Authorities in Beijing have criminally detained an activist legal scholar who was instrumental in the escape of dissident Chen Guangcheng two years ago, his lawyer and family said, in the latest move in a sustained clampdown on legal activists.
A dozen or so police and state security officers took Guo Yushan from his home in a Beijing suburb early Thursday morning, his wife Pan Haixia said Sunday. “They came in with a warrant and took a lot of things as evidence, his computer, his iPhone, iPad and some hard drives,” Ms. Pan said.
The detention notice later given to the family said that he had been detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels” — a crime used in the prosecution of dozens of activists in recent years, according to a copy of the notice his lawyers posted online Saturday. The lawyers said they submitted an application to the Beijing No. 1 Detention Center to meet with Mr. Guo, but had yet to get a response.
A person answering the phone at the detention center on Sunday he had no information about the case. Beijing’s Public Security Bureau didn’t immediately respond to a faxed request for comment.
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