BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese legal authorities have confiscated the licence of one lawyer and threatened to do the same to another after they volunteered to defend Chen Kegui, the nephew of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng.
The moves come as Chen Guangcheng, whose escape last month sparked an international furore, said Chinese officials were "going crazy" with reprisals against his family in eastern Shandong province in revenge for his recent escape from house arrest.
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