Victor Liu
Victor Liu is an American student, who was held in China, together with his sister, Cynthia Liu, for several years.[1] China never laid any criminal charges against the siblings, or provided any explanation for imposing an "exit ban", preventing travel.[2]
The siblings, and their mother, had traveled to China, in November, 2018, to visit an ailing grandparent.[2] Their mother was held in extrajudicial detention in a "black jail". According to The New York Times the pair's father, Liu Changming, a naturalized American who was once a senior official at a Chinese bank, was being sought by Chinese law enforcement agencies, and China detained his relatives to use as hostages to force him to return to China to face charges.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
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