Girl Paraded in Handcuffs for Splashing Water on Government Car
by Fauna on Tuesday, May 28, 2013
by Fauna on Tuesday, May 28, 2013
The following microblog post accusing a government official in a town in Guizhou province of having a 13-year-old girl handcuffed and then paraded on the streets after “accidentally spilling water on a town government vehicle” was the #1 “hottest” microblog post over the past 24 hours on popular Chinese microblogging service Sina Weibo at the time of translation, with over 151k reshares/forwards and 21k comments.
On Sina Weibo:
@凯迪猫眼看人: For pouring water on Party secretary’s car, 13-year-old young girl handcuffed and paraded in public.
Guizhou province Hezhang county Kele town Party Secretary Yuan Zehong’s cruel law enforcement, police chief parades 13-year-old minor in public wearing handcuffs
2013 April 6th, Guizhou province Hezhang county Kele town Party Secretary Yuan Zehong had an altercation because a female minor, Rao Yao (13 years old), accidentally spilled water on a town government car. The town’s Deputy Mayor got out of the car and had an argument that came to blows with this minor girl. At the same time, this deputy mayor called the town’s party secretary Yuan Zehong over. Subsequently, Yuan Zehong led the town’s approximately 30 personnel and the town’s local police personnel in beating Chen Ziju (the minor girl Rao Yao’s aunt), causing Chen Ziju to immediately pass out. Just because Chen Ziju had said, “handcuffing will emotionally traumatize Rao Yao”, they then used handcuffs to shackle minor girl Rao Yao and paraded her publicly for approximately 20 minutes (paraded her up and down the street twice, with a police car leading the way with its siren on). Soon after, she was then taken to the local police station where she was illegally detained for 12 hours.
Party Secretary Yuan Zehong hooted at the victim’s family, “If the Party committee and government says you’re white [innocent/good], you’re white. If it says you’re black [guilty/bad], then you’re black. I can get several cars of people to come fight with you whenever I want. However you want to play, I can play with you.” Dare we ask, is the mafia/triad? That it can enforce the law however it pleases?
Party Secretary Yuan Zehong, while in office, beats peddlers and the people, forcibly expropriating land. There have been multiple people who have been hospitalized from his beatings, with irrefutable proof. He has already incited the public anger of the masses, with petitions jointly signed by thousands. Hope the relevant [government] departments and media will give their attention to this.
Yuan Zehong’s actions severely violate citizens’ lawful rights. Offending Article 37 of our country’s Constitution and the relevant regulations of the People’s Republic of China Criminal Law, and thus should be criminally punished. This incident is just one of many, as similar incidents under Yuan Zehong’s term of office are too numerous to count. This example of his illegal conduct has already aroused the local people’s anger. The other examples have already had their documentation jointly signed by masses and submitted to the relevant departments. Earnestly request the relevant departments give their attention and lawfully, justly handle this matter.
