A woman who won international fame for reportedly spending millions on adopting 118 orphans has been detained for criminal offences including blackmailing and disturbing social order, Asia One reports
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 police have also frozen her personal bank accounts of more than 20 million yuan (S$4.2 million) and more than $20,000.