Campaigning mother freed
Tang Hui was ordered last week to serve 18 months in a labour camp for “disturbing social order and exerting a negative impact on society”.
The crusading mother’s case has aroused widespread public outrage and thrown a spotlight on China’s controversial reeducation through labour camps.
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Hide AdThe official Xinhua News Agency said Ms Tang was released yesterday morning.
It said Hunan provincial publicity authorities freed her so she could take care of her daughter, who is now 17, adding that authorities were also investigating Tang’s claim that police falsified evidence in her daughter’s case.