From Radio Free Asia:
Police in Sichuan have detained a middle-school teacher who openly criticized the construction of school buildings that collapsed in large numbers during the devastating May 12 earthquake.
Liu Shaokun, who teaches middle school in Deyang city and had been doing volunteer aid work since the quake, was taken into custody late June 25, according to a friend who asked to be identified as Ms. Xian.
“He disappeared suddenly, so his wife called the police, and they told her that her husband was detained,” Xian said.
“He is accused of spreading rumors and instigating parents to negotiate with the government—sort of disturbing the social order. He isn’t allowed to see his family, but they can send him clothing,” she said.
