"Let's not make any prejudgments here," he responded, when pressed on whether Liu Xia was allowed to leave the country. "All the willpower and force we put behind freeing Liu Xiaobo, we have turned to Liu Xia," he said. Efforts should also focus on Liu Hui, the younger brother of Liu Xia, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2013 for fraud and to whom Liu Xia is very close, Hu added. Liu Xia, the wife of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, holds a photo of Liu Xiaobo during an interview in Beijing October 3, 2010. Ye Du, a writer and friend of Liu's, said he hoped people would be able to commemorate Liu Xiaobo, adding, "Liu Xia will surely be monitored and controlled".

Source: bd News24 July 14, 2017 11:03 UTC