BEIJING: Chinese police are holding two human rights lawyers and an activist on suspicion of "inciting subversion of state power", according to a police notice circulating on social media.
Lawyers Xie Yang and Sui Muqing as well as activist Gou Hongguo are being held on the state security charge, according to the notice and rights watchdog Amnesty International, and if they are tried and convicted, could face up to 15 years in prison.
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