07 November 2011

CHINA : Supporters Shower Persecuted Artist Ai Weiwei With Cash For $2.4 Million Tax Fine.

                                          AFP

     The money is literally flying into his home...as over 20,000 people have donated $840,000 to controversial artist and activist Ai Weiwei for his $2.4 million tax levy.
    Ai Weiwei, 54, has denied tax evasion.
    He says authorities are only silencing his activism...with the costly accusations.
    In April...he was jailed incommunicado and interrogated for 81 days.