BY SUI-LEE WEE AND MEGHA RAJAGOPALAN<\/p>\n
BEIJING Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:36am EDT<\/p>\n
Oct 13 (Reuters) – China has detained a prominent scholar who helped blind dissident Chen Guangcheng flee to the United States two years ago and has banned books by eight writers in an escalating crackdown on dissent.<\/p>\n
Guo Yushan, a founder of the Transition Institute, a think-tank that researches business regulations, reform and civil society, was detained on Thursday, his wife, Pan Haixia, said.<\/p>\n
More than 10 police officers took him away along with his laptop, wireless router, mobile phone and iPad, she said.<\/p>\n
Guo was instrumental in helping Chen escape house arrest in his village in 2012. Chen travelled to Beijing where he sought refuge at the U.S. embassy, sparking a diplomatic row between China and the United States. Authorities shut down Guo’s institute last year.<\/p>\n
In a telephone interview, Pan said Guo’s detention could be related to the detention of Shi Lin.<\/p>\n
Activists describe Shi as an art editor at Peking University and say she was detained after she tried to put up posters on campus expressing support for pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong. In a picture on her Twitter account, she can be seen wearing a face mask with a yellow ribbon on it. The ribbon is a symbol of the protests.<\/p>\n
Guo was detained on a charge of “causing a disturbance”, according to Pan and his lawyer, Li Jin. Police did not give Pan a reason for Guo’s detention. Li said she had applied to meet him but had not heard whether she could.<\/p>\n
“We just want to know the truth,” Pan said. “We hope the police will investigate this thoroughly and release him quickly.” BY SUI-LEE WEE AND MEGHA RAJAGOPALAN BEI … Continue reading
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