Cowlesy
07-27-2011, 05:20 PM
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/95320b90-b857-11e0-8d23-00144feabdc0.html
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Local residents and numerous internet accounts from self-professed eyewitnesses said the one-legged man was beaten to death on the street outside a fruit and vegetable market by a group of China’s notorious chengguan or “city management” officials.
This quasi-police force mostly enforces laws against beggars, street vendors and other petty offenders and has a reputation for brutality and corruption.
I wonder if this could be their Tunisian self-immolator?
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Local residents and numerous internet accounts from self-professed eyewitnesses said the one-legged man was beaten to death on the street outside a fruit and vegetable market by a group of China’s notorious chengguan or “city management” officials.
This quasi-police force mostly enforces laws against beggars, street vendors and other petty offenders and has a reputation for brutality and corruption.
I wonder if this could be their Tunisian self-immolator?