Thousands in Bazhong Protest Against Police Violence

Follow us on TWITTER: http://twitter.com/cnforbiddennews Like us on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/chinaforbiddennews Thousands of people in Bazhong, Sichuan province blocked the road on the day of the annual college entrance exams. One student rode a mini motorbike to go home after the exams. A traffic police officer stopped him and fined him. But the student didn' have any money to pay and was beaten. It aroused the public's anger and they protested, blocking the traffic. Sources said there were more than 20,000 people gathered and the authority sent special police to suppress the protest. Protesters left the area after 2am next morning. According to the Epoch Times website's report, citizens in Bazhong had long been annoyed by local police violence. Local resident Mr. Xu said when they heard police beat the student, they were very angry. Mr Xu added that police beat the student with electric batons, leaving bloodstains on the ground. Many students were arrested, which created the public protest; they shouted slogans. They also planned to go to the local council and police station to seek justice. Finally, police closed a major bridge. On June 9th, Sichuan authorities claimed that traffic officer Yue Kun of Houheqiao, Bazhou District, was sacked due to his "non-standard actions". A Netizen called "bench microblog" said that the incident took place at East side of Bazhong District. However, the traffic police appeared 8 km away at the West side, preventing vehicles entering the city for nearly two hours. What is the explanation for it? Li Wangyang's Death Generates Thousands of Chinese Citizens to go Against Chinese Communist Party On June 10th, a self-organized march was held in Hong Kong to mourn for the death of Chinese labor activist Li Wangyang. It is estimated that at least 25,000 people participated in a protest that was originally for 3000 people. Netizens said that this was the first time since 160 years, thousands of citizens mourned a person in Hong Kong. During the march, protesters raised banners with "Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Ready to Escape?" Many protesters burnt CCP flags to express the public opinion of disintegration of the CCP. China Human Rights Defenders Chinese website reported that after Li Wangyang's "suicide", activist Zhu Chengzhi, kept publishing Li Wangyang's updated news. On June 9th, Zhu and activists concerned about Li's case were detained. On the afternoon of June 10th, Zhu's wife received a detention notice from police. The notice claimed to detain Zhu for 10 days on the charge of "disrupting social security." Detention to expire on June 18th. Sources said that other activists, Yi Zheng'an, Li Wanglin and Wang Lihong were still under house arrest. Zhou Zhirong was still "missing", his family still didn' know his whereabouts. Activist Wang Lihong Tweeted that Zhu Chengzhi was over 60, he cared about Li Wangyang; he filmed Wang's "suicide". He was detained for refusing to sign a statement for police. Wang Lihong called for concern for Zhu Chengzhi, or his persecution would be intensified without citizens' support. 《神韵》2011世界巡演新亮点 http://www.ShenYunPerformingArts.org/