Tibet's most famous woman blogger detained by Chinese Police
26 Aug 2008, 1518 Hrs

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London, Aug 26 (ANI): Tibet's most famous woman writer and blogger was accused of taking photographs of military installations and arrested by police after she returned home briefly to Lhasa, the capital.

The detention of Woeser underscores the nervousness of the authorities in the Himalayan city, where 22 people were killed and hundreds of offices and businesses were set alight when Tibetans, restive under Beijing rule, rioted in the streets in March.

Eight policemen arrived at the home of Woeser's mother on Thursday and presented the writer with a summons to accompany them for questioning, The Times reported.

Her husband, the author Wang Lixiong, said: "They had used the wrong name on the document so I insisted that they correct the name before they could take her away. I reminded them that they had to bring her home within the stipulated 12 hours."

She was held for questioning for eight hours by several officers who said that they were acting on a tip-off from a member of the public who had seen her photographing army and police positions in Lhasa from a taxi. (ANI)