China's "Bird's Nest" architect sustains brain injury after being beaten up...

According Munich’s Haus der Kunst (House of German Art), where he has an exhibition coming up next month, the emergency operation was to repair damage to his brain sustained on August 12 during a police attempt to discourage his testimony in a Chengdu court.

“He is doing well and will remain in the hospital for the next few days, we’re not sure when he’s leaving yet,” Munich Municipal Hospital spokesperson Philip Kresserer told The Local on Wednesday.

The well-known artist has compiled the names of more than 5,000 school children killed in the Sichuan earthquake of May 2008 in his own investigation of alleged building corruption. He had planned to testify in favour of civil rights lawyer Tan Zuoren, who was on trial for beginning a similar investigation. More...

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