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Released from "black site"-prison, chinese actress reappears to praise Communism and admit crimes.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fan-bingbing-missing-chinese-star-reappears-to-praise-communist-partyMonths after her abrupt disappearance sparked fears of imprisonment, Chinese actress Fan Bingbing reappeared on social media Wednesday to praise the Communist Party and issue a dramatic apology for evading taxes.
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Fan’s remarks—her first public comments since she was last seen in July—came shortly after Chinese tax authorities announced that she’d have to pay a total of $130 million in back taxes and fines for underreporting her earnings for several years.
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Fan’s whereabouts throughout the several months of her absence remain unknown, but The South China Morning Post has reported that she was kept under “residential surveillance at a designated location” for several weeks.
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Fan’s remarks—her first public comments since she was last seen in July—came shortly after Chinese tax authorities announced that she’d have to pay a total of $130 million in back taxes and fines for underreporting her earnings for several years.
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Fan’s whereabouts throughout the several months of her absence remain unknown, but The South China Morning Post has reported that she was kept under “residential surveillance at a designated location” for several weeks.
The timeline means that they first kidnapped her and put her into a black-site prison.
And then months later, in time for her release and upcoming confession, the chinese government finally declared that she committed a crime at all.