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Chinese farmer who praised lawyers amid crackdown arrested

| November 12, 2020 12:03 AM

BEIJING (AP) — A prominent Chinese pig farmer who has publicly praised the work of lawyers who help the public amid a crackdown on legal activists by President Xi Jinping’s government was subjected Monday to unspecified “coercive measures,” according to police, a term that usually means detention.

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