According to a report by the South China Morning Post (SCMP) of October 20th, Zhang Yanhong a 44-year-old Chinese mother was held in police custody in Fuyang city, Henan province.
A friend of hers, Yang Ruijuan, states that Zhang was charged with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”.
Yang also claimed that, in the beginning of September, county officials tried to keep her friend Zhang Yanhong from filing a complaint to Beijing authorities and threatened to detain her.
Yang said her friend persisted with the demands after the National Day holidays and was promptly arrested on Friday in Puyang upon her return from Beijing.
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