Xinhua News, 2009-07-02
The Hebei Province Procuratorate is investigating the claim of a former police suspect, Qin Yingwei, held in a Zanhuang County (Hebei Province) detention center that while in custody a cellmate repeatedly forced him to drink massive amounts of cold water, eventually resulting in permanent physical disability. Within a six month period in 2007, two other suspects mysteriously died while in the same detention center. In exchange for a 90,000RMB “hardship subsidy,” the detention center pressured the parents of 25-year-old Fang Jiangwei into signing an agreement that the autopsy report—which documented unexplained bruises and other signs of physical abuse—would “no longer serve as evidence” and the family would not pursue the matter further. The other suspect, 17-year-old Zhi Guoyu, did not even receive an autopsy after his parents were unable to pay the 5,000RMB “appraisal cost” police demanded.
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