China's Ai Weiwei under investigation over porn

China's Ai Weiwei under investigation over porn

Chinese police are investigating Ai Weiwei on pornography charges, the artist and outspoken government critic said, after his assistant was taken in for questioning.

"On Thursday, they took my assistant to the police station. They (police) clearly told him this is an investigation, now, they are doing on me, on pornography," Ai told AFP by telephone.

Ai, who spent 81 days in secret police detention earlier this year and was later accused of evading taxes on a huge scale, said authorities had accused him before of producing pornography, but he had not taken the charge seriously.

The accusations apparently centre on racy photographs posted on the Internet showing him with women, Ai said.

Source: Agencies
Published Nov 20 2011