Legacy Matters
Wei Wenhua, a Chinese blogger, happened upon a confrontation between city inspectors and villagers who were protesting over the dumping of waste near their homes in the central Chinese province of Hubei.
When Wei took out his cell phone to record the protest, more than 50 municipal inspectors turned on him, attacking him brutally for more than 5 minutes.
He was dead on arrival at the Tianmen hospital reported CNN.
A national outcry followed with thousands posting internet messages calling for the abolishment of the Chengguan, the Chinese municipal inspectors, a para military force used by local officials as trouble-shooters.
One official was sacked and more than 100 people are under investigation in the murder reports the BBC
Posted by Jill Fallon at January 12, 2008 8:31 AM | Permalink