Chinese singer Wu Hongfei detained over explosion threat
Chinese police have detained an activist singer after she wrote that she wanted to blow up a government agency seen as inept.
Chinese singer Wu Hongfei Photo: YouTube
By AP
11:58AM BST 24 Jul 2013
Her supporters said the singer would never have carried out her threat and is being targeted for her critical views.
Activist Hu Jia said singer Wu Hongfei was detained on Monday by Beijing police on the charge of "causing trouble". The two activists are friends.
Shortly after a man set off a bomb at Beijing's airport, Wu wrote on her microblog that she would like to blow up government housing commission offices.
Beijing police did not respond to a request on Wednesday to verify Wu's detention.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said it was likely Wu's detention was political retribution for her past criticisms of the government.
