[1]Beijing: China has arrested Chinese-American billionaire blogger Charles Xue, who has attracted 12 million followers with his reform-minded comments, for suspected involvement in prostitution, police said on Sunday, as Beijing steps up controls on web users.
Venture capitalist Xue, one of the country’s most popular bloggers, was detained by Beijing police on Friday evening.
Xue is an avid blogger who posted his last message on Sina Weibo at 5.41 pm on Friday, hours before he was detained.
His detention dominated weibo discussion, with his Chinese name Xue Manzi the most searched phrase on Sunday.
Beijing police said on their verified weibo account they had arrested a 60-year-old man surnamed Xue and a 22-year-old female.
“The two of them candidly confessed about the fact of the prostitution. They are currently under administrative detention,” the statement said, adding that the arrest followed a tip-off from locals.
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