Former Tsinghua law professor Xu and five other Chinese scholars wrote an open letter to the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) calling for the immediate release of Geng and her husband. Geng's defense attorney Mo Shaoping said the defense team had also applied to the state prosecutor's office with a request to unapprove the formal arrests of Geng and her husband.
"We believe that detention is unnecessary in her case, because the alleged crime is non-violent in nature, and she has a fixed residence in Beijing and there is no possibility of her absconding," Mo told RFA.
