China's police state - The oppressive regime
 
 
Girl's Murder Triggers Riot in Guizhou Province
Over 10,000 people rioted and torched the local police station and government
buildings in southwest China's Guizhou province Saturday, June 28, to vent anger towards the local
government's cover up of an alleged rape and murder of a female student.
The victim's foster father, Xie Xinfa, and several other locals told the Epoch Times ,
"The officials have become the protective umbrella of bad people and mobsters.
Rich and powerful
people can engage in illegal activities without any consequences, while the
common people are without money and can barely make enough money to stay alive."
According to an investigation by the Epoch Times , the victim, Li Shufen, was a student
from Weng'an County No. 3 High School. Li's brother found her dead in a river around midnight
on June 21. There were also two males and one female standing on a nearby bridge
near the scene of the crime. The female, surnamed Wang, is Li's classmate and claimed that Li
committed suicide by jumping into the river.
Li's brother found no water in Li's stomach, and he had never saw any indicators
that Li had suicidal tendencies. They took Wang and the two other men to the local police station. The
three were unconditionally released the next morning and the police claimed that
the victim died from suicide. There was no investigation written record provided, according to witnesses.
Local residents told Li's family that they heard people yelling for help around 11 p.m. that evening.
One person said Li was raped, then killed and tossed into the river. The police did not
conduct a comprehensive autopsy, or take any precautionary measures, and the family's
request for a complete autopsy was ignored.
According to Li's family, they learned that the three suspects are all connected to the
local police, party committee leaders, and provincial party committee leaders. The three suspects
were released within 8 hours.
On Monday, June 23, the medical examiner also concluded that the case was a "suicide."
The family and relatives went to the county party committee to appeal on behalf of Li's death.
As the result, one of Li's uncles was severely beaten by six plainclothes policemen and died in a hospital.
"The police even attempted to forcibly burn Li's body. Li's family refused and they were all beaten.
Fortunately, now many people are guarding the body," said Xie, adding that the police
also tried to get the family to admit that the body was pulled up by the fire brigade
instead of by her family members.
Local resident Mr. Wang said, "An uncle of Li was not only beaten to death but
others who helped to appeal were also beaten to death. We don't know even the number of deaths right
now. There are also a few dozen students seriously injured from the beatings."
The tragedy has brought out the local people's indignation and disdain for the
government, according to locals.
Students from four high schools in Weng'an County went to the police station
to appeal and the local government mobilized armed forces to suppress these appeals.
As a result, students
and some local people set fire to the police station, and turned over and burned
a few dozen police vehicles.
The police were surrounded and could not escape. Police reinforcements from
other places came to Weng'an County.
A local resident, Ms. Liu, said, "A group of students held banners and went to
the government to redress this injustice and no one responded. They then went
to the police station. The
police used electric batons to beat the students. When the local people heard
about the situation, they rushed over to join the students, smashed a few dozen
police vehicles, and later
set fire to the police station."
Mr. Wang joined the protest on June 29 and said more and more people came
on Saturday. As many as 10,000 people gathered and torched the police station, county government
building, and Civil Affairs Bureau building.
Wang claimed, "The fire brigade was also surrounded by the public and
were not allowed to enter. The regime finally saw the true power of the people
like the old saying, 'If the people
fear no death, how could they be threatened by death!'"
According to local residents, the county government and the police have
engaged in lawless activities in the past. Locals say the police partnered
with mobs to bully, suppress, and arrest
people at will, and the people have nowhere to appeal.
Liu said, "Many girls have been murdered in a similar fashion and the suspects
were often let go. No one was ever caught. The regime has frequently collaborated with local mobs and
covered up such crimes. There have been a lot of cases like this."
A local resident, Mr. Yang, said, "The corruption in the local mining industries
and the water pollution problem have caused such a shortage of water that we don't even have water to
cook. Whoever appealed against this would be arrested for sure.
I knew seven people had been sentenced for 'disturbing the social order.'
One of them was sentenced to six years in
prison. This time, we are not just asking for justice for Li, but for other people as well."
The Epoch Times attempted to speak the local government and police
station but there was no response. The Chinese Communist party has
already began to censor information about
this incident on the Internet. Some messages that appeared on Mainland
bulletin boards were deleted quickly.
The Epoch Times Jun 29, 2008
 
Unrest in Guizhou Province Quashed By Armed Police
A protest consisting of over 10,000 people in southwest China's Guizhou Province
was quashed around 2:00 a.m. on Sunday June 29, according to the state-run media.
The unrest was sparked by the local Chinese authorities' cover up of an alleged rape
and murder of a 15-year-old female student. Local residents told The Epoch Times similar incidents
have happened many times in the past, but criminals were all spared because of their government background.
Angry locals swept and torched the police station, government buildings and dozens of police vehicles.
The Chinese regime mobilized around 1,500 armed police from neighboring areas
to quash the rioters. According to a Hong Kong media report, at least 200 people were arrested,
including 30 high school students.
The report also says at least 3 people died and 150 injured in the clash.
China's state-run media classified the incident as "severe criminal offense,
" a challenge to "authorities of law."
 
The Epoch Times Jun 30, 2008