Wednesday, February 08, 2006

You'd think he had published offensive Mao cartoons...

From the BBC (via Drudge):

A Chinese editor has died as a result of a police beating he received for his paper's reporting on corruption, journalists and rights groups say.

Wu Xianghu had been in hospital since the attack in October, suffering from an existing liver problem made worse by the beating, earlier reports said.

Wu was reportedly attacked by some 50 policemen after his paper accused them of charging illegal bicycle fees.

Is it just me, or is there a pattern here?

China lawyer 'is targeted by car' 19 Jan 06

China activist survives beating 11 Oct 05

China abortion activist 'beaten' 05 Oct 05

China's intolerance of dissent 07 Mar 05

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