Editor dies following police beating after reporting on corruption; two more writers arrested
(Feb. 10, 2006)The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN is alarmed about the widespread pattern of abuse against writers and journalists in the People's Republic of China, most recently the death of editor Wu Xianghu after being beaten by police. International PEN is deeply concerned that journalists and writers in China appear to be at increasing risk of attack and arrest in retaliation for their work, and calls upon the Chinese authorities to vigorously investigate and punish all such attacks and release unconditionally all writers and journalists currently imprisoned for their writings.
Wu Xianghu, deputy editor of the newspaper Taizhou Wanbao, died on 2 February 2006 at the age of 41 after sustaining serious injuries in October 2005 when traffic police in the eastern coastal city of Taizhou, Zhejiang province, attacked him for a report accusing them of corruption. He had been hospitalised since the attack. The BBC News website gives the following details:
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"Wu was reportedly attacked by some 50 policemen after his paper accused them of charging illegal bicycle fees. China's media have reported a string of torture and coercion cases by police. Wu died of liver and kidney failure on Thursday, according to Lu Weibo, a reporter with the Taizhou Evening News, who wrote the article believed to have provoked the beating.
"The article accused the local police of charging illegal fees for registering electric bicycles. Local media reported widely on the beating, but have been silent on Wu's death, possibly reflecting its sensitivity. Senior traffic police officer Li Xiaoguo was sacked for his role in the incident, Xinhua state news agency reported at the time"'
(boxun.com)
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