February 22, Zibo City, Shandong Province, the real name of the whistleblower Hu Anxin, told reporters that he was illegally detained by the local police and special police on January 22.
On January 22, Hu Anxin heard that his friend Wang Lizhen had been harassed by police, special police and plainclothes officers from the Zibo Economic Development Zone Public Security Bureau for several days, and that the camera in front of her house had been destroyed and the electricity pulled. Hu Anxin said, because Wang Li Zhen did not dare to open the door to receive the police, afraid to be taken away directly. After asking Wang Li-zhen address, he decided to go to help his friend to call the police and answer the police.
At 5 p.m. that day, Hu Anxin drove to Wang Li-zhen’s residence in the Liangxiang community. “I just closed the car door, opposite came a police officer and two special police, they said they are Zibo City Economic Development Zone Public Security Bureau. Asked me ‘is not with Wang Li Zhen call’, let me go with them to a trip to the Public Security Bureau.”
“Then they used to escort the suspect, a special police on one side, escorted me to a civilian car and escorted me to Fengshui County police station.” He said, “The police officers at Fengshui County Police Station secured me to an iron chair for interrogation and gave me ankle cuffs.”
Hu Anxin said, “They asked me what my relationship was with Wang Lijin and whether we were boyfriend and girlfriend. I replied, ‘It’s an ordinary friend, and I would be happy to help any of my friends in trouble.’ They ended up detaining me illegally for four hours, during which Time I was not allowed to answer my phone. At the end, they threatened me not to tell anyone about today’s incident, and that it would be detrimental to me.”
Hu Anxin said angrily, “I’m angry that they treated me like this without any criminal facts. I mailed a registered letter to the director of the Zibo Public Security Bureau with the Application for Filing a Complaint, and so far there has been no reply.”
Defying the power, Hu Anxin exposed the illegal detention of him by Zibo police in the form of a video on the Internet.
Hu Anxin is a real-name whistleblower, he has reported a village branch secretary of Huantai County corruption, forgery of public works and illegal discharge of large amounts of sewage.
Hu Anxin said, “Only people who are full of deep love for the country and nation will criticize the dark side of society. It is a kind of justice to tell everyone the truth that you know!”
Shandong informant retaliated after exposing the suspension of benefits for elderly people who wrote to the government
Wang Lizhen later explained to Hu Anxin the reason for her harassment by the local police was that after she posted a picture of the Letter of Opinion on Handling Petition Matters in her WeChat circle of friends, it drew the attention of news reporters who reported on the relevant events, drawing widespread attention from lawyers, legal scholars, the media and the public.
This letter of opinion on the handling of petition matters is the Zibo City Zichuan District Shuang Yang Township Government, for the petitioner Gao Hongying in Zhaohua Village was stopped the pension and heating costs and other welfare benefits.
Wang Lizhen sent in the circle of friends about Gao Hongying’s “letter of advice on the handling of petition matters”, was reported by the local media, causing widespread concern. (Courtesy of the interviewee)
It was disclosed that Zhaohua Village is a so-called “civilized village” and the secretary of the village branch is a representative of the National People’s Congress. Villagers in the village are often subjected to water and electricity cuts and the suspension of all living benefits, such as pensions and heating fees, for violating the “village rules. The “village rules” even stipulate that villagers must pay a fee to move their household registration when they get married, and some have paid 4,000 yuan; villagers who petition will be punished by having their water and electricity cut off for as little as a month or as much as a year, and all living benefits will be permanently suspended.
According to Jin Yun News, Li Jucun, secretary and director of the village party committee of Zhaohua Village, denied that the “village rules” have provisions for water and electricity cuts.
Zhaohua Village’s village rules and regulations. (Web screenshot)
After the incident came to light, Zhaohua Village restored water and electricity supplies to Gao Hongying and other villagers who had “violated the village rules” and also made up for the withheld living benefits. However, the informant Wang Lizhen was retaliated by the police, many police officers knocked on her door in the middle of the night for two consecutive days in an attempt to enter the house, and when they failed to do so, they pulled the switch and cut off the electricity, the camera in front of the house was destroyed, and her friend Hu Anxin, who came to help, was illegally detained.
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