Peter Dahlin, the Swedish co-founder of a legal advocacy group in Beijing has been arrested for running an illegal Chinese emergency rights group. Xinhua reported that the group had accepted foreign financial support to train and fund several lawyers and activists that had gotten involved in sensitive issues and harmed Chinese national security.

Xinhua added that Dahlin was connected to the Fengrui Law Firm. Dahlin and Fengrui lawyer Wang Quanzhang co-founded that “Joint Development Institute Ltd” in Hong Kong in 2009. The institute’s China Urgent Action Working Group failed to undergo the correct filing procedures, and its funding and activities have gone unregulated. The organization raised funds from foreign NGOs and other institutions to establish 10 or more “Legal Aid Stations,” in China to fund and train human rights lawyers. Xinhua wrote in its report that the organization would also send “so-called” Chinese human rights reports overseas.

The organization was involved in “hot-topic social issues and sensitive cases,” and “intentionally escalated conflicts and disputes,” which incited the masses against the government said Xinhua. Dahlin’s organization allegedly provided funding for Xing Qingxian, who had been accused of illegally helping the son of a Fengrui lawyer leave China illegally.

Xinhua reported the Dahlin had confessed and apologized to writing reports with false facts. He also confessed that JDI and the Fengrui Law Firm would pay lawyers 8,000 Yuan a month and 20,000 Yuan per case to bring cases against the government.

The Chinese government is arranging a meeting to be held between Dahlin and Swedish Embassy personnel in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.

Source: inews.qq.com

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