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Qian Yunhui Murdered on Christmas Day |
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Yu Tang |
Warning: graphic photographs. In delivering his traditional Christmas message, Pope Bendedict XVI is right to praise Chinese Christians for their courage in continuing to uphold their faith even under brutal communist suppression, and it is not all coincidence that Chinese special police arranged the killing of the village chief, Mr. Qian Yunhui on Christmas Day. It is the true character of communism, to rule by violence and intimidation. At about 9am on 25th Dec., Mrs Li Haiyan from a nearby village went to the shop to buy a lotto ticket. She saw a white Sontana parked beside the village entrance, and Mr. Qian struggling with 3 men all in white gloves and black cloth covering their mouths: “There was another man beside them in the same uniform. A villager posts: it is 4 lane 2 way road; the truck is on the wrong side of the road when Qian was run over and there is no sign or mark on the road that shows that of truck in a hurry or taking any emergency action.... (screenshot) Hundreds of villagers gathered in front of Qian's home in mourning. (screenshot) Qian's 81 year old father in front of his son's photo. A table was placed by villagers on the spot where Qian was murdered.... (screenshot)
Why? In 2004, Mr. Qian was sentenced to 18 months in a labour camp (deferred to be served 2 years later), because he was helping the villagers to gain land compensation from local government who had confiscated 146 hectares of village land to build Ze Neng power plant. Zhaiqiao where 3800 villagers lived was supposed to be compensated 7 billion yuan, but villagers were told they would receive only 3.8 million yuan, about 10 thousand yuan per person. All villagers relied on the land, and they could not afford to live after such a 'deal'. Qian had been helping the villagers fight for their entitlements but the government was faking documents one after another, and Qian's blog exposing these crimes was deleted from all websites inside China. In 2005, Qian Yunhui was elected as the village chief. 2500 people took part in voting, and Qian received about 2400 votes. After the election, Mr. Qian continued to push for the rights of his villagers, which led to an even longer sentence in a labour camp and being detained 3 times. Qian was due to be released in June this year, and the local government tried to hold an election for the village chief in April this year, but villagers refuses to take part until Mr. Qian was released. After being released from labour camp, Mr. Qian continued demanding land rights for the villagers by posting news and details of the case on a web blog. Qian's daughter said: "About 9:25am after the murder took place, villagers quickly gathered and tried to take photos as evidence, but those who had cameras near the the scene were beaten and arrested, 20 to 30 people were arrested straight away; my younger sister and brother in law were beaten very badly. Over a thousand police came quickly and no one was allowed to have a look at the body."
Over a thousand armed police were quickly deployed to the scene to beat off villagers. (screenshot) "My mother was faint and sent to hospital after learning of the murder, and my younger sister went to hospital for Mum. After my sister found people to look after my mother, she came to the murder site but was beaten by police and taken away; my brother in law tried to stop them but was also beaten badly and taken away by police." "A villager stood beside of them said to police: "Arent their family members allowed to cry for their dead relatives?" The police arrested this villager straight away." "None of any of our family members were allowed to see my father's body. We can only cry at home now." "Why all those police, army soldiers are such cowards that 'bully the weak and fear the strong?" " Where are the Americans! Why don't you do something!? Please come over to take over the communist gangsters! Please think of our situation and come to save us!" 'Communists do not belong to the human race, or living beings.' |