Only then did he have the right to appeal the earlier imposed upon him a fine

Ai Weiwei on the way to the Tax Office
Source: reuters.com

Yesterday Ai Weiwei (Ai Weiwei) contributed 8.45 million yuan (820,000 pounds /$ 1.3 million) as collateral in a branch of the Beijing Tax service, with all the money to pay bail had been sent to the artist numerous supporters. Collateral for half of the amount of fine artist , is required in order to enable it to challenge the claims of tax authorities, which it considers unfair. Payment of the fine according to Ai Weiwei, would be for him to confession, which is really not for him.

The artist himself has compared his last over 80 days detention with being held hostage, and the fine - with redemption, which he must pay for their freedom. "Anyway, six months ago, I was held hostage. Now I am submitting a ransom, and feel as if I was robbed. Officially robbed "- told reporters Hay. Although the artist and talked to reporters earlier (despite the fact that one year of abstinence from intercourse with the press has become one of the conditions of his release), yesterday he for the first time since his release was interviewed on camera.

Ai Weiwei said that not only fighting for their rights, but also for transparency and fairness of legal practice in the country as a whole. After spending about an hour in the Beijing office of the tax service, Ai Weiwei came out and showed the press documents issued to him by officials. He said that representatives of tax authorities have promised to seriously review the claims against him.

Ai Weiwei is just one of dozens of Chinese political activists, victims of the government in February this year. Along with amu in the country have been detained or interrogated dozens of bloggers, writers, lawyers, and other socially significant figures, but for those who are released from prison The authorities have limited social circle. In an interview with Reuters, which the artist gave the agency later, while in his studio, he reiterated that fights not for himself but for those "who have no voting rights».

Yanlin Du (Du Yanlin), accountant Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd., to which the tax authorities formally presented a claim in connection with the case of Ai Weiwei, told us that the reaction of the tax service will be known within 60 days .

yesterday morning at the home of the artist were a few cars parked police. According to Aya, they took a lot of people who came in during the last few days to express their support.

< p class = "mat1"> According to Reuters, a popular Chinese newspaper Global Times called the rush of tens of thousands of Chinese who have sent money to pay Ayu penalty insignificant on a national scale, with a population of 1.3 billion people, and said on its pages, that Ai Weiwei has become a tool by which the West intervenes in the affairs of China.

Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI

Source: artinvestment.ru