CITIZEN JOURNALIST KILLED IN CHINA
January 11th 2008 08:36
A man who used his mobile phone to film a violent clash between villagers and officials in rural China was beaten to death by public order ‘enforcers.’ The People's Daily reported that 24 residents of Tianmen, a city in central China's Hubei province, have been detained after Wei Wenhua, the general manager of a company owned by the local water resources bureau, was pulled out of his car and savagely beaten. Wei was driving through the area when he stopped to film the protests, which were triggered by a decision to build a rubbish tip close to a residential area.
The Guardian reported that one indignant contributor to a local online discussion group said that the people doing the beating were ‘inhuman’ and ‘out of control’. Another, worried that the news will be suppressed by government censors, urged fellow internet users to spread the message as far as they could.
The Guardian reported that one indignant contributor to a local online discussion group said that the people doing the beating were ‘inhuman’ and ‘out of control’. Another, worried that the news will be suppressed by government censors, urged fellow internet users to spread the message as far as they could.
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