Millionaire woman who adopted 118 orphans detained
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A woman who won international fame for reportedly spending millions on adopting 118 orphans has been detained for criminal offenses including blackmailing and disturbing social order, Beijing News reported.
Local authorities in Wuan of Hebei province announced on Saturday that the private welfare house Li Lijuan ran for the orphans has been banned, and all orphans there have been properly resettled.
The authorities also said that Li was suspected of multiple offenses of blackmailing and disturbing social order and has been put under criminal detention. She was taken back to Wuan from Beijing in the early hours of Saturday.
The police have also frozen her personal bank accounts of more than 20 million yuan ($3.1 million) and more than $20,000.
The case is under further investigation.
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