Chinese lawyer held for more than 500 days in civil rights crackdown has mental disorder
Li Chunfu, freed on bail after being held in Beijing for suspected subversion after July 2015 detention, diagnosed with schizophrenia
A Beijing lawyer has been diagnosed with a mental disorder after he was held in detention for more than 500 days as part of a huge crackdown on civil rights activists in China.
Li Chunfu had been held for suspected subversion after he was detained in July 2015 and he returned home on Thursday after his release on bail, said Chen Jiangang, a friend of Li’s and a fellow lawyer.
Li showed obvious signs of a mental disorder after his release, Chen said.
“When we asked him if he wanted dumplings or noodles to eat, he kept asking himself what the question meant,” said Chen, who escorted Li to hospital on Saturday afternoon.