The 73 yearoldwasarrestedinAugustwhenabout 200 policeofficersraidedthenewsroomofhisAppleDailytabloid, incustodysincethe 30 Decemberlieisalsochargedwithfraudrelatedtotheleaseof a buildingthathousesthenewspaper.
IthasbeencondemnedbytheWesternhumanrightsgroupsas a tooltocrushdissentinthesemiautonomousChineseruledcity, whichhasseenmonthsofsometimesviolentantigovernmentprotests.