China activist 'beat himself up'

[acmejack]

Chinese investigators say activist Fu Xiancai, who was paralysed after a severe beating, inflicted the blows himself, according to a rights body.

Mr Fu, who campaigned for people displaced by the Three Gorges Dam, was beaten up returning home after he was summoned by police in Hubei province.

The June beating was so severe he is not expected to walk again, according to Human Rights in China (HRIC).

But an official investigation has ruled the attack was fabricated.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5219890.stm

[jollyreaper2112]

1. um, yeah...

Lazy chink was watching too much Fight Club, right? :eyes: I bet these guys are taking pointers from our own cops. "Yeah, the individual tied himself to a chair and threw himself down the stairs. It's the craziest thing."

[Virginia Dare]

2. Perfectly reasonable explanation....

because we know the Chinese authorities would never do that to someone.:eyes:

[rpannier]

4. Nor would the Chinese gov't ever be involved in a cover up

or lie.
Cuz they're honest. Just like prez'nit nuk-u-lur.

[rpannier]

3. Uhhh...yeah...right

either that or he was assaulted by..."Morgan Fairchild." Yeah...that's the ticket..."Morgan Fairchild" attacked him.

[Selatius]

5. Under communism, you get your ass whupped in China, but,

under capitalism, you get your ass whupped in China. Tell me, why are we even trading with these guys and making them so much more powerful by off-shoring all our manufacturing to this nation? A minority of Chinese citizens may have benefited from the industrialization, but as far as democracy goes, it may as well be 1980 instead.

The capitalists who wanted to exploit China basically equated democracy to capitalism and that democracy would soon follow, but it hasn't.

[Virginia Dare]

6. Because the greedy corporate over-lords tell us to...

we tolerate this behavior in the name of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.