Li Zehua Spoke Out for the First Time Since Going Missing

Li Zehua resurfaced after he went missing for two months and published a video about his arrest Li Zehua, 25, is a former CCTV host. Before he was arrested, he visited many places in Wuhan where the CCP virus outbreak started and hosted several live-streams during visits. These places include Baibuting community, morgues, Wuchang Railway Station, and Wuhan Institute of Virology (the suspected origin of the CCP virus). Li went missing after being taken in by police officers on Feb. 26. On April 22, for the first time since his disappearance, Li Zehua spoke out publicly on social media and shared about his arrest and his experience being quarantined. Li Zehua uploaded a 6-minute video on YouTube discussing how he was being chased by police on Feb. 26. On that night, he was taken to the local police station at Qingshan District and was sent to the inquiry room after submitting his DNA information. The police officers detained him until the following day for “disrupting public order,” but later his case was dismissed. The police officers then forcibly quarantined him with the excuse that he was once in the epidemic center. Subsequently, he was sent to quarantine in an isolation center in his hometown without any electronic equipment on March 14. Li Zehua said, “I was quarantined in an isolation center in this hotel until the morning of March 14. Later I was sent to the isolation center in my hometown in the morning of March 14. Then again, I was moved to another isolation center. I started quarantine in an isolation center in Wuhan and moved to another isolation center here in my hometown until March 28. I stayed with my family after the quarantine was over.” Many people on social media expressed concern over journalists and dissidents who were arrested before Li Zehua and wrote the following: “It is very obvious that he has been warned by the police because now he is more cautious about what he says. Please continue the appeal of the release of Chen Qiushi and Fang Bin from the CCP!” “Li Zehua is free now (really free or maybe, not really?), but what about Qiushi, Fang Bin, Wang Xiao-Xiao and Jin Yan? What is going to happen to those who were arrested for knowing the truth about the Wuhan epidemic?” Mr. Fang from Wuhan stated online, “There are so many weird and rare things in China and one of them is a phenomenon that almost nobody in WeChat dares to speak about. The lies and the violence are at the pinnacle of all because your soul and your body are fearful of them to a point where you simply surrender. It is an extreme and uncommon evil. Not one single citizen dares to say the truth.” Ms. Li from Zhejiang said online that Li Zehua is lucky to be alive, compared to dissident Ye Qing who lost his life. He graduated from the Law School of Zhejiang University. Ye was 42 years old and working in a prison when he was expelled from his job because he publicly criticized the government online. He did not cave in to pressure despite being sent to a psychiatric hospital three times. One month ago, he was found dead in a village that is more than 6 miles (10 km) away from the county he lived in. Police officers claimed that he died from a fall, but his relatives believe otherwise.