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Doctor Tan Qindong Arrested and Detained by Inner Mongolia Police Across Provincial Lines After Questioning Hongmao Medicinal Liquor in an Article

2018.01.10 ·Reported ·Importance IV ·Sources 3 ·Guangzhou, Guangdong

In January 2018, Guangzhou doctor Tan Qindong was arrested across provincial lines by police in Liangcheng County, Inner Mongolia, and detained for nearly 100 days after writing a popular science article questioning the false advertising and medication risks of Hongmao Medicinal Liquor. The case was ultimately dropped due to insufficient evidence and concluded with a settlement.

Guangdong doctor secretly arrested across provincial lines by Inner Mongolia police and abused after publishing article saying Hongmao medicinal liquor is toxic

2018.01 ·Reported ·Importance IV ·Sources 1 ·Inner Mongolia

A graduate doctor working at a hospital of traditional Chinese medicine in Guangzhou published a post pointing out that Hongmao medicinal liquor contains a variety of toxic Chinese herbs. After the article was widely shared online, Inner Mongolia police, without any coordination with local public security, secretly arrested him across provincial lines and detained him for months. When he was released from prison, he was physically and psychologically traumatized and covered with illnesses.

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