Xu Zhiyong Formally Arrested, Charged

By chinafreepress.org (translation)
Aug 18, 2009 – 6:06:54 AM

Boxun reports that at 11:50 a.m. on Tuesday August 18, Open Constitution Initiative (Gongmeng) founder Teng Biao revealed that rights defense lawyer Xu Zhiyong has been formally arrested and charged by the Beijing’s Haidian District Procuratorate. Xu’s lawyer has revealed that the arrest order has already been delivered to Xu’s workplace, Beijing Post and Telecommunications University. The criminal charge is “tax evasion.”