A prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who called for political reform, has been arrested for allegedly trying to overthrow the country’s socialist system, the AP reports.

Liu had already been held at a secret location for more than six months without being charged or formally arrested. He was taken into police custody on 8th December, a day before a manifesto he co-authored was released urging sweeping changes to China’s rigid political system, the agency says.

Police delivered a written notice to Liu’s wife, Liu Xia, Wednesday morning informing her that her husband was formally arrested Tuesday on suspicion of “inciting to subvert state power” and transferred to a Beijing city detention center. The next step would be indictment.

The charge carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in jail.

53-year-old Liu is a former university professor who spent 20 months in jail for joining the 1989 student-led protests in Tiananmen Square.

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