{"id":63781,"date":"2010-04-26T03:58:57","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T10:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=63781"},"modified":"2010-04-26T03:58:57","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T10:58:57","slug":"tibetan-writer-detained-after-quake-critique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/04\/tibetan-writer-detained-after-quake-critique\/","title":{"rendered":"Tibetan Writer Detained after Quake Critique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20100426\/ap_on_re_as\/as_china_earthquake_8\"><strong>AP reports <\/strong><\/a>on the arrest of a Tibetan writer who wrote an open letter that was critical of government relief efforts in the recent <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/qinghai-earthquake-2010\">Qinghai earthquake<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe writer, who publishes under the name Zhogs Dung but whose real name is Tagyal, was among eight authors and intellectuals who signed a letter dated April 17 that expressed sorrow for the disaster that left more than 2,000 people dead \u2014 most of them Tibetan \u2014 but also urged wariness of Chinese government relief efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, a half dozen police officers showed up at the Qinghai Nationalities Publishing House in the regional capital of Xining, where he worked, and escorted him away, according to a blog post written by a friend. They searched his home and library, confiscating his computers.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, they showed his arrest warrant to his wife, and asked her to bring bedding for him. When his two daughters went to the police station they were not allowed to meet with him, the posting said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AP reports on the arrest of a Tibetan writer who wrote an open letter that was critical of government relief efforts in the recent Qinghai earthquake: The writer, who publishes under the name Zhogs Dung but whose real name is Tagyal, was among eight authors and intellectuals who signed a letter dated April 17 that 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