Tens of Thousands of Chinese fight the police in Shishou

Illumination · 06-23-2009, 12:59 PM

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/malcolm...ice_in_shishou

Tens of Thousands of Chinese Fight the Police in Shishou

It was a dramatic weekend in the relatively small city of Shishou in Hubei province.

Tens of thousands of rioters torched a hotel and overturned police cars, accusing the authorities of trying to cover up the murder of a 24-year-old man as a suicide.

There are plenty of rumours flying around - that two other employees at the hotel had died in the same way, that the boss of the hotel is related to the mayor of Shishou, that the hotel was a centre for the local drug business and Yu was killed for threatening to expose what was going on. There's also a rumour that three further bodies have been found at the hotel.

It's a strange story, and it gets stranger. A huge mob, of anywhere between a few thousand to 70,000 people, depending on which report you read, quickly gathered outside the building to protect the body. Tu's parents refused to let his corpse be taken away, claiming that it held vital evidence of the crime, and instead placed it inside the hotel on ice.

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Looks like the Chinese people are fighting back. Good for them!

06-23-2009, 12:59 PM	#1
Illumination Avalon Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 60	Tens of Thousands of Chinese fight the police in Shishou http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/malcolm...ice_in_shishou Tens of Thousands of Chinese Fight the Police in Shishou It was a dramatic weekend in the relatively small city of Shishou in Hubei province. Tens of thousands of rioters torched a hotel and overturned police cars, accusing the authorities of trying to cover up the murder of a 24-year-old man as a suicide. There are plenty of rumours flying around - that two other employees at the hotel had died in the same way, that the boss of the hotel is related to the mayor of Shishou, that the hotel was a centre for the local drug business and Yu was killed for threatening to expose what was going on. There's also a rumour that three further bodies have been found at the hotel. It's a strange story, and it gets stranger. A huge mob, of anywhere between a few thousand to 70,000 people, depending on which report you read, quickly gathered outside the building to protect the body. Tu's parents refused to let his corpse be taken away, claiming that it held vital evidence of the crime, and instead placed it inside the hotel on ice. ~~~ Looks like the Chinese people are fighting back. Good for them!