Authorities Arrest Brother-in-Law of Nobel Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo

April 4, 2013 by admin

Police arrested Liu Hui, brother-in-law of Liu Xiaobo, on fraud charges stemming from a real estate transaction dispute.

As authorities lack evidence that Liu committed a crime and the parties to the dispute already settled the matter privately, it seems clear that the arrest is a pretext to further harass the Nobel Prize winner’s family. The Guardian has more.