The Haidian Public Security Bureau in Beijing confirmed that Geng Xiaonan, a Beijing-based public intellectual and independent filmmaker, has been detained on suspicion of illegal business operation. The detention of Geng Xiaonan, a former professor at Tsinghua University Law School who has publicly expressed support for Xu Zhangrun, has drawn widespread attention.
Authorities said on an official microblogging site that recently the cultural law enforcement authorities identified a Beijing-based cultural communications company that was printing and selling illegal publications in its business activities, and a large number of illegal publications were found in its warehouse.
Authorities said that the company’s former legal representative Geng Xiaonan, as well as the current legal representative and her husband Qin Zhen, are under criminal detention, and the case is under investigation.
The company’s former legal representative, Geng Xiaonan, and current legal representatives, Qin Zhen and her husband, are being held in criminal detention, and the case is under investigation. He also called on the authorities to “stop being evil and put down the butcher’s knife” and demanded the release of Mr. and Mrs. Geng Xiaonan.
In an open letter, Xu Zhangrun said that Geng Xiaonan spoke out when he was unjustly accused, and that it would be a disaster for him to go to jail.
The two were taken away by police on Wednesday morning, and their attorney, Shang Baojun, confirmed that they are currently in custody at the Haidian Detention Center in Beijing.
Shang Baojun said in an interview with the station that he, as the attorney representing him, has not yet received the legal documents from the authorities and will apply for a meeting at the detention center on Saturday (12). Shang Baojun believes that Geng Xiaonan was involved in the rescue of Xu Zhanyun, who was in trouble.
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