In a Xinhua news release announcing Liu 's arrest , the Beijing Public Security Bureau said that Liu had incited the subversion of state power and the overturn of the socialist system through methods such as spreading rumors and slander , using almost the exact words of Article 105 . The Beijing PSB also said that Liu had `` fully confessed . '' In a Xinhua news release announcing Liu 's arrest , the Beijing Public Security Bureau alleged that Liu had incited the subversion of state power and the overturn of the socialist system through methods such as spreading rumors and slander , citing almost verbatim Article 105 ; the Beijing PSB also noted that Liu had `` fully confessed . ''