Blog posts of family members asking for justice following their relative’s suspicious death in police custody have been deleted by Chinese censors, potentially to quell discourse over alleged police brutality. The official police record claims that Huang Guohui, who had reportedly trespassed onto a nature reserve in Hainan, had “committed suicide in the interrogation room by hanging himself”. However his daughter and other family members say his body was found in the room covered in wounds.
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China: Online censors delete family’s plea for justice
Blog posts of family members asking for justice following their relative’s suspicious death in police custody have been deleted by Chinese censors, potentially to quell discourse over alleged police brutality. The official police record claims that Huang Guohui, who had reportedly trespassed onto a nature reserve in Hainan, had “committed suicide in the interrogation room by […]
By Marta Cooper
24 Aug 11
By Marta Cooper
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