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Chinese Activist Who Called on Xi to Resign Detained on State Security
Charges

Verna Yu

   HONG KONG - Prominent Chinese activist and legal academic Xu Zhiyong,
   who has urged President Xi Jinping to step down over the coronavirus
   epidemic and other crises, has been held by authorities in secret
   detention on a state security charge that carries a maximum sentence of
   15 years in jail, his friends said Sunday.

   Xu, a former law professor and champion of social equality and the rule
   of law, was detained Feb. 15. His family found out from Beijing police
   Saturday, after repeated inquiries, that he has been held on the charge
   of "inciting subversion of state power," said fellow activist Hu Jia
   and legal academic Teng Biao.
   

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