A former Chinese state prosecutor criticized Xi Jinping's plan to rule indefinitely and now he's been arrested

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March 8, 2018 2:16 AM

This appears to be the first arrest, though at least one dissident was sent away on a forced "holiday" ahead of China's annual legislature meeting this week.

China reportedly arrested a man this week who criticized the country's plan to scrap presidential term limits.
This appears to be the first arrest of someone who has protested the plan, though at least one dissident was sent away on a forced "holiday" ahead of China's annual legislature meeting this week.
The arrest shows the length China is willing to go to in order to clamp down on dissent.

A former state prosecutor was arrested this week after he criticized President Xi Jinping's plan to scrap term limits, according to his family.

For Shen, this is not his first NPC-related arrest.

In the lead-up to the NPC in 1998, Shen was sentenced to two years in a forced labour camp after sending a critical letter to the government and contacting human rights groups. In 2015, Shen was arrested for "disturbing the public order" after he retweeted a post about a series of warehouse explosions in China that killed hundreds.

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