It has been more than a year since Fang Bin, a local citizen journalist, was arrested last February at the height of Wuhan’s new crown Epidemic after a video conveyed to the outside world the grisly scenes of the epidemic that led to so many deaths. According to sources in Wuhan who wish to remain anonymous, public security officials had intended to charge Fang Bin with inciting subversion of state power, but recently planned to change the charge to the lesser charge of provoking and provoking trouble.
In a tweet last Friday (March 5), Cai Xia, a former professor at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) who lives in the United States, wrote, “It’s been a year, and it’s heartbreaking that no news of Fang Bin seems to be coming from the outside world. We cannot forget Fang Bin and cannot give up the search for him.” Borrowing a famous quote, Caixia said, “He who holds the salary for all must not be made to freeze and die in the wind and snow; he who opens the way for freedom must not be made to get stuck in the thorns.” She concluded by asking, “Where exactly is Fang Bin?”
In an interview with Radio Free Asia, Mr. Xu, an informed source in Wuhan, said that recently, many concerned friends in Wuhan have been asking around about Fang Bin’s whereabouts, trying to get an update on his case. He said, “Fang Bin has a son working in Beijing, and Fang Bin’s sister is also refusing to be contacted by the outside world with Fang Bin’s son. Fang Bin case so far also does not have any lawyer intervention. Fang Bin Family if not cooperate, lawyers can not intervene, so Fang Bin to now or no news, which is a very headache.”
Mr. Xu said that the authorities promised last year to disclose the case of Fang Bin after the U.S. presidential election, but the official repeatedly reneged on the promise: “Before the U.S. election, the local police station in Wuhan said that Fang Bin’s case is rather special, we have to wait until after the U.S. presidential election to have news of Fang Bin and will make a decision, so now the U.S. election has passed so The long Time after the U.S. election, Fang Bin case still does not have any information.”
Last year, Fang Bin visited several hospitals in Wuhan to film the situation of patients with the new crown pneumonia, and on Feb. 1, Fang Bin recorded a video of eight bodies being moved out of Wuhan No. 5 Hospital in five minutes, causing a sensation at Home and abroad. Subsequently, public security officials came to Fang Bin’s home several times to harass him and detain him. Sources say Fang Bin is being detained anonymously in Wuchang prison.
Last week, a netizen tweeted, “Fang Bin’s disappearance proves that every word he said was right.” “True heroes may be lonely and isolated, but they will never be forgotten!” “Find a way to get the international community to rescue him!”
The crime of inciting subversion of state power becomes the crime of provoking trouble
Another source in Wuhan, who learned about Fang Bin’s latest situation from multiple sources a short time ago, told the station that Fang Bin was arrested and charged with several alleged crimes: “Mr. Fang Bin was arrested on February 10, and it’s been more than a year since then. The latest news is that we talked to his family, and the family told us that Mr. Fang Bin is under their (public security) control, and at first they were going to charge him with inciting subversion of state power, but they have delayed until now, and no legal formalities have been given to the family. The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of services to the public.
Before his arrest, Fang Bin had publicly said on his personal channel on an overseas video site (YouTube) that Wuhan pneumonia was not only a natural disaster, but a man-made one. He also said that the cruelty of the virus was far worse than the cruelty of tyranny.
Fang Bin was the first to warn the international community about the tragic nature of the epidemic
Currently, the Wuhan Public Security Bureau is completely blocking news about Fang Bin, and any netizens who express their concerns about him in WeChat groups will immediately be interviewed and warned by the Public Security Bureau. The anonymous source said to the station: “We also hope that the international community can pay more attention to Mr. Fang Bin, because he was the first to warn the international community of the tragic extent of the epidemic, that is, he entered a hospital within five minutes, there were three bodies at the entrance, and came out of the hospital, there were eight bodies in the funeral car at the entrance, and there was a body in the emergency room that was not carried out, and there was a family and The doctors were waiting to pull the tubes, and 10 people died in one hospital within five minutes.”
The New crown outbreak in Wuhan has infected more than 100 million people worldwide and killed about two and a half million. For more than a year, including Chen Qiushi, Li Zehua, and Zhang Zhan have been placed under house arrest and even sentenced to prison. One of them, citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, was sentenced to four years in prison for provocation and harassment.
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