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Policemen jailed for fatal attempted **** - People's Daily Online November 01, 2010

A court in Hunan province said on Sunday that it had jailed two police officers and three other suspects for the attempted **** of two teenage girls, one of whom jumped to her death while trying to resist her attackers.

Gong Cheng, a Hunan police officer, was given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve for the attempted **** of two teenage girls, the Intermediate People's Court of the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture said on Sunday in Fenghuang County People's Court in Fenghuang, Central China's Hunan province, Oct 31, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

One of the pair, Gong Cheng, a Hunan police officer, was given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve, the Intermediate People's Court of the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture said.

Xu Lei, the other police officer, was sentenced to 15 years in jail. Lin Yi, one of three other men involved in the attempt, was given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve, and the other two, life in prison and 13 years.

According to the court statement, the two girls, surnamed Qiu and Hou, from neighboring Hubei province, knew one of the attackers and had gone to a karaoke bar in the autonomous prefecture with him and the four others on Sept 4.

The men decided to spike the girls' drinks with ketamine, an anaesthetic that causes a temporary loss of sensation, and take them to a hotel where they tried to **** the girls, both 16, the report said.

When the girls resisted, one of the men slapped and kicked Qiu, and threatened her.

When Gong tried to **** Qiu, she managed to get away and jumped out of a window of the ninth-floor room, falling to her death.

The five were also ordered to pay more than 350,000 yuan ($52,460) in compensation.

Source: China Daily

Local residents gather outside Fenghuang County People's Court for the trial in Fenghuang, Central China's Hunan province, Oct 31, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

 

[divya]

@Brotherhood i dont think that you need to explain that the government gives out negetive news. Government let the people know what should be known to them in China. But alas which government does not do that. China do it directly and others do it indirectly. Its more of jingoism of "lets bash communism". If people in China are happy about their growth why the hell we people should fire around "lets bring them freedom" attitude.

 

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Policemen jailed for fatal attempted **** - People's Daily Online November 01, 2010

A court in Hunan province said on Sunday that it had jailed two police officers and three other suspects for the attempted **** of two teenage girls, one of whom jumped to her death while trying to resist her attackers.

Gong Cheng, a Hunan police officer, was given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve for the attempted **** of two teenage girls, the Intermediate People's Court of the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture said on Sunday in Fenghuang County People's Court in Fenghuang, Central China's Hunan province, Oct 31, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

One of the pair, Gong Cheng, a Hunan police officer, was given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve, the Intermediate People's Court of the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture said.

Xu Lei, the other police officer, was sentenced to 15 years in jail. Lin Yi, one of three other men involved in the attempt, was given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve, and the other two, life in prison and 13 years.

According to the court statement, the two girls, surnamed Qiu and Hou, from neighboring Hubei province, knew one of the attackers and had gone to a karaoke bar in the autonomous prefecture with him and the four others on Sept 4.

The men decided to spike the girls' drinks with ketamine, an anaesthetic that causes a temporary loss of sensation, and take them to a hotel where they tried to **** the girls, both 16, the report said.

When the girls resisted, one of the men slapped and kicked Qiu, and threatened her.

When Gong tried to **** Qiu, she managed to get away and jumped out of a window of the ninth-floor room, falling to her death.

The five were also ordered to pay more than 350,000 yuan ($52,460) in compensation.

Source: China Daily

Local residents gather outside Fenghuang County People's Court for the trial in Fenghuang, Central China's Hunan province, Oct 31, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

Excellent news!!! Now shoot this ****** so we can set an example for the corrupt officials everywhere in China!!!

 

[Brotherhood]

@Brotherhood i dont think that you need to explain that the government gives out negetive news. Government let the people know what should be known to them in China. But alas which government does not do that. China do it directly and others do it indirectly. Its more of jingoism of "lets bash communism". If people in China are happy about their growth why the hell we people should fire around "lets bring them freedom" attitude.

Yes, sister, may be i'm kind of sick and tired of the bashing we are recieving on a daily basis regarding "freedom", "government censoring anything thats negative to China", just thought why not open a thread to show the reality to those die-hard China bashers.
Thanks for your advice anyway.

 

[Brotherhood]

Chinese official probed after alleged mistress posts accusations online - People's Daily Online October 29, 2010

Discipline inspection authorities are probing a vice mayor in south China's Guangdong Province after information about him was posted online by a woman claiming to be his mistress.

The information, which spread rapidly over the web this week, accused Chen Yachun, vice mayor of Maoming City, of indecency and corruption.

The woman said she was 34 and her relationship with Chen began in 2003, when Chen was attending a training session at the Party School of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in Beijing. "He made me light-headed with excessive liquor and I was unconscious when he took me to bed...I was 27 and he was 51," she said.

Chen spent lavishly on her and showed her his divorce certificate to convince her he meant to marry her. "The document turned out to be faked and Chen never intended to divorce his wife."

The desperate woman resigned from her job in Beijing earlier this year, with Chen's promises to start a private business for her in Maoming. She was beside herself when she found out Chen had several other women and she had been cheated all these years.

The woman did not reveal her name, but said she formerly worked as a reporter in Beijing.

She also posted photos of a naked man, whom she claimed to be Chen.

Besides the photos, she said she also had videos and voice recordings of Chen taking bribes.

The provincial commission for discipline inspection confirmed Friday it had started an investigation into Chen's case.

It didn't say whether Chen would be suspended from his post.

Chen, born in 1953, is a native of Guangdong Province. His resume showed he began working at 18, which indicates he did not receive a college education. He worked his way up from a grassroots official in his home city of Huazhou, and became vice mayor of Maoming in 2003.

Last month, a former official in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region stood trial after his graft diary was posted online by his mistress. Han Feng, 53, was charged with taking bribes worth over 1 million yuan (150,000 U.S. dollars).
Source: Xinhua

 

[siegecrossbow]

Yes, sister, may be i'm kind of sick and tired of the bashing we are recieving on a daily basis regarding "freedom", "government censoring anything thats negative to China", just thought why not open a thread to show the reality to those die-hard China bashers.
Thanks for your advice anyway.

Haha TG gets shot no matter what it does.

If the government doesn't say anything about it people will cry "censorship" and if the government says something about it people will cry "things are so bad that even the government is reporting it".

 

[Brotherhood]

Two Chinese men face extradition and trial in US - People's Daily Online October 27, 2010

Two Chinese nationals who were reportedly set up by United States agents and arrested in Hungary are now awaiting extradition for trial in the US.

Officials at the Chinese Embassy in Hungary said they are doing their best diplomatic efforts to protect the rights of the detained men.

On Monday, Embassy spokesman Yang Daliang told China Daily it remains unclear as to whether the men would be sent to the US. But "the case is still ongoing, and we are doing our best", he said.

On the morning of Sept 1, Xian Hongwei and Li Li were arrested by Hungarian police upon arrival at an airport near the capital city of Budapest, according to a report from the Legal Daily over the weekend.

The Beijing-based newspaper said US law enforcement authorities had, as early as June 9, issued international arrest warrants for the two Chinese citizens, and, on Aug 25, put forward a confidential request to the Hungarian government to arrest and extradite Xian and Li to the US, on the grounds that they broke defense-related US laws.

Under the assumption that they were going to meet a business partner in Budapest, Xian and Li were reportedly taken away by police before they could even clear Hungarian customs.

The report also said that on the second day of their detention - following a one-hour trial - the men were placed under temporary arrest pending extradition to the US.

During the proceedings, the men were forced to accept a court-appointed lawyer. But without access to independent counsel - or any legal aid, for that matter - the two reportedly signed documents in Hungarian - a language neither one understands.

Xian and Li's requests to contact the Chinese embassy before the trial were also denied, the report added.

"They are now in a prison, but we have visited them are providing consular assistance to them," Yang told China Daily, adding that the families have also been in touch with the two men.

The report said Xian, who works in the computer industry, contacted the British Aerospace Company (BAE) in 2008 for a specific type of microchip the company produced. He was later directed to a man named Malcolm Lee for the purchase.

He was told that Lee was in charge of US sales, and also responsible for business in China.

Over the following 17 months, Lee was in frequent contact with Xian and Li, and declined their initial request to ship BAE products in Beijing through a logistics company, the report said.

Upon Lee's request to meet face-to-face in Hungary, Xian and Li accepted and, after arriving at the airport, were promptly spirited away by local police.

The report added that the two later learned that Lee was an undercover US agent.

The report said that in court the two men were informed they were being charged with a violation of international weapons sales, as the high-tech product they sought is listed on the International Traffic in Arms Regulations - a US government statute that seeks to curb arms proliferation worldwide.

The report said that neither men were aware of the charges against them until they were informed by the court.

The Legal Daily said there have been similar undercover stings in which Chinese businesspeople have been lured abroad and arrested for purchasing products without appropriate licenses.

One notably similar case took place when Yuan Hongwei, a Chinese businesswoman, was lured to the Britain under the pretense of a "business negotiation".

Having previously had intellectual property rights disputes with a US company, she was initially detained and arrested by UK officials, but was later released.

Zhou Wa contributed to this story.

By Ai Yang, China Daily

 

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The Fenghuang case shook the nation. If there was no death penalty, who knows what might happen. A friend went there on vacation last year... so scary to know that behind the natural beauty there is so much darkness.

I hate reading Chinese news sometimes. See, western news of China's "bad" is always about things I can laugh off since they're always faked. They're trying to tell me I'm oppressed and have no freedom? BS.

But Chinese news, that's where the real news comes out. Makes people angry. I'm sure Indians have the same idea: while the West reports on their progress, they must also be angry when they read news about government corruption, bribery, murder, crime, poverty, etc.

 

[divya]

Yes, sister, may be i'm kind of sick and tired of the bashing we are recieving on a daily basis regarding "freedom", "government censoring anything thats negative to China", just thought why not open a thread to show the reality to those die-hard China bashers.
Thanks for your advice anyway.

no form of government is perfect. at the the end of day what matters is the wish and will of the if they are satisfied. there are certain problems with the current system but so are reforms on the table. if i had get into mud slinging competetion i can give 100 reasons and u will be able to give me 100. we need to be the part of solution for one another rather than problem. as far as bashers are concerned if you mess up with p ig in mud you will get dirty but pi g will actually enjoy it.

 

[ThatDamnGood]

Good thread, jia yu.

 

[xukxuk]

kill these rubbishs

 

[Brotherhood]

List of forced demolition cases grows longer - People's Daily Online November 02, 2010

China's list of violent and bloody home demolitions gained two new entries on Saturday, as a man set himself on fire in protest in Northeast China and another man in North China was beaten to death after he refused to move out.

Cui Dexi, a 56-year-old man from Mishan city of Heilongjiang province, set himself alight on Saturday morning during a conflict with about 100 local officials, policemen and housing developers who wanted to demolish Cui's house for a real estate project.

Cui was not sent to hospital for more than one hour after he set himself on fire, his family said, adding that he might lose the use of both hands.

Cui's son-in-law, Hou Jinlong, said more than 100 people, most not in uniform, burst into their house on Saturday morning as ambulances and fire engines waited outside.

"It was about 7 am, we found the house was filled with people. They even set a police cordon around the nine houses not demolished yet in the neighborhood," Hou told China Daily on Monday over the phone. "They came to demolish the house."

However, the local city government said the people went to negotiate with the Cui family, not to demolish the house. The government said nine households have refused to move out because they are not satisfied with the compensation deal, which for Cui's family is 600,000 yuan ($89,800).

A publicity official surnamed Chen told China Daily that the area where Cui lives is mostly old houses and in 2008 the local government invited about 15 real estate developers to rebuild the area. The nine families who have refused to leave, out of 45 households in the community, want more compensation than offered.

Chen said so many people went there because "we didn't want them to overreact".

"We were negotiating, when Cui suddenly set himself on fire on the roof," he said.

Hou, however, said no government officials had ever talked to them about a compensation deal or a real estate plan. "That morning they wanted to demolish the house before they paid us."

A similar case happened the same day in Shanxi province, where a man was beaten to death and another seriously injured by about 10 attackers who demolished their homes, according to local police.

At about 2 am on Saturday, Meng Fugui and Wu Wenyuan, neighbors of Guzhai village of the provincial capital, Taiyuan, were sleeping in Wu's house when more than 10 people broke in.

The group beat them, left them in the street, and later demolished their homes. Meng died in the attack, and Wu was later sent to hospital.

The local government announced on Sunday that it was a case of violent demolition.

"We're investigating the case now. We already know six suspects involved in the attack, and the police have five," said an official surnamed Yang from the government of Jinyuan district, where the village is located. Yang refused to name or give the identity of the five detained suspects.

Wu said he and some other villagers were not satisfied with the compensation offered so they refused to move out.

Taiyuan plans to extend a main road in the city and those villagers' homes are in the way.

China's current regulation on demolition allows governments to seize people's houses for public projects. The government and real estate developers usually hire professional demolition companies to negotiate with people or even force people to move.

A series of bloody cases of demolition have led people to question the legitimacy of the regulation, and legal experts have been asking lawmakers to revise the current regulation.

However, faced with pressure from local governments that make profits from selling land, the adoption of the revised regulation has been delayed since January.

"China's urban development should stop using demolition as its engine," Yu Jianrong, a professor with the Rural Development Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said on Monday on his micro blog at sina.com, one of the most popular online portals in China.

"Development should never be achieved at the price of people's basic rights," he said. "Even demolition for public interests should be handled through legal procedures."

Qiu Bo contributed to this story.

By Wang Jingqiong, China Daily

 

[Brotherhood]

Three killed, 5 injured at demolition site collapse in Wuhan - People's Daily Online

 

[Brotherhood]

Chinese lacking scientific literacy - People's Daily Online November 02, 2010

Only 3.27 percent of Chinese people have basic scientific literacy, which signifies a failure to keep pace with developed countries, according to a report by the China Association for Science and Technology.

Han Qide, president of the association, released the findings of the report at the group's 12th annual meeting. It was the eighth survey that China has conducted on the subject since 1992.

Scientific literacy is the understanding and knowledge of scientific concepts and processes, an ability that is needed to make personal decisions, participate in civic and cultural affairs and be economically productive.

Han said Chinese scientists should work toward improving public understanding of their fields of expertise.

According to Han, scientists generate approximately 13.3 percent of news in the media, while they contribute 3.5 percent to government outlets and 3.2 percent to online forums.

However, during the melamine-tainted milk powder scandal of 2008, which killed at least six infants and sickened some 300,000 Chinese children, no scientists participated in online public forums about the incident.

"When the public needed scientists, they were silent," Han said. "It's a dangerous situation."

The lack of scientific literacy hampers China's development and poses a threat to social stability, Han said.

Some 14.2 percent of miners lack knowledge about poisonous gas, a major occupational hazard, and 12.5 percent of them are unaware of how to escape when a gas leak occurs, according to the report.

The low rate of scientific literacy in China has led to a number of misunderstandings.

The price of mung beans rocketed from 3 to 9 yuan per kg since April after a fraudulent health expert claimed they could be used to cure cancer.

A controllable incident at the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant in May sparked panic among the public after it was reported as a radiation leak.

In 2007, banana plantations in Hainan and Guangdong provinces were infected by the Panama disease fungus. Although the fungus is not harmful to people, a rumor claiming it was potentially carcinogenic led to a substantial drop in the price of bananas and local banana farmers lost more than 20 million yuan ($3 million) a day.

"The public cannot be rational without scientific literacy," Han said. "It is scientists' responsibility to speak to the public and help them understand science. When public incidents like the dairy scandal occur, scientists should work with the media to relate the truth."

US biochemist Thomas A. Steitz, who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry, told China Daily: "I talk to the media a lot. Although scientists spend most of their time on research, talking to the media is very important. I don't know how it works in China, but it inspires me."

By Hu Meidong and Peng Yining, China Daily

 

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These guys in charge of keeping orders in cities and dealing with peddling and properties are not normal police but from individual city managements organs. Some of them are quite notorious and corrupt and many of them hire thugs.

All in their civilized glory:

But not everyone is going to take it lying down: