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China : News Last Updated: Jul 18, 2008 - 9:57:26 AM


Riot in Guangdong after a man beaten death
By boxun
Jul 17, 2008 - 4:07:10 PM

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According to Boxun reader Bao Liaocheng, the police, Hunan criminal gang and a motortaxi driver Wednesday July 16 at 9:30 p.m. had an altercation. He was sleeping when he got a call informing him that the police and criminal gang were involved in a conflict. It is reported that a mototaxi driver was on his motorcycle when a policman ordered him to pull over. The driver did not stop and was finally detained. The policeman demanded 200 yuan from the driver. The driver refused. At 2 a.m. the driver was beaten to death in the police station. More than 100 supporters of the driver went to the police station and vandalized it, and the local criminal gang joined in and started to destroy cars. Three police were killed by the criminal gang, and many more were seriously injured. Thousands of people surrounded the site and the higher administration in Huizhou send more than 200 police as reinforcements. Four police cars were destroyed, 2 traffic cars were destroyed, and more than 10 motorcycles were smashed. This is a repeat of the recent events in Weng'an, Guizhou Province.

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