Recently, fighting fanatic Xu Xiaodong disclosed the recent situation of Chen Qiushi, a citizen journalist who has been missing for more than a year, on his YouTube channel, which sparked public attention. In the video, Xu describes that Chen Qiushi is still under close surveillance, while Chen’s Parents are unable to work due to Chen Qiushi’s visit to Wuhan and can only take care of Chen at Home. Xu predicted that Chen would be free to speak out this September, but now the Chinese Communist authorities are increasingly suppressing free voices, causing concern among his supporters. Compared to Chen Qiushi, little is known about the status of Fang Bin, another citizen journalist who has been missing for more than a year. It is also difficult for those who are concerned about Fang Bin to communicate with his Family, making it difficult for outsiders to intervene.
According to Radio Free Asia, Fang Bin’s case has not been represented by any lawyer. An anonymous source said in an interview with Radio Free Asia on March 31, “Fang Bin’s second brother-in-law, sister, brother, and our Wuhan group of friends have communicated many times, but because of various aspects of ‘you know’ reasons, although the family would like to worry about Fang Bin, but in view of their own survival space, but also Can only reluctantly refuse to help outside.”
Fang Bin is a local businessman in Wuhan. On Feb. 1 of last year, Fang Bin, who was dissatisfied with the Chinese Communist authorities’ cover-up of the truth about the Epidemic, went to various hospitals in Wuhan to photograph the actual situation. When he arrived at the entrance of Wuhan Fifth Hospital, Fang Bin shot a video showing that in just five minutes, the number of bodies in the body truck increased from three to eight, and that there were still bodies in the hospital that had not been brought out. After he sent the video to a WeChat group, he was arrested by police and released a few hours later under enormous public pressure.
Fang Bin said at the Time that he was telling the truth and was not worried about going to jail and would stick to documenting the truth.
After his release, Fang thanked everyone for their attention and rescue, and he has been making videos every day to report his safety to the outside world, and on February 8, he continued to call for resistance against the tyranny of the Chinese Communist Party on the YouTube platform “Wuhan Direct. “The Chinese Communist tyranny is so evil. This evil can no longer exist. China is the land of the Chinese people, how can we allow the CCP devil to run rampant here.” The next day, he wrote, “All people resist, return the government to the people.
On February 10, Fang Bin was arrested. Multiple sources confirmed that police and plainclothes officers had a long standoff with Fang Bin before firefighters broke down the door and arrested him. It is said that the arrest order was given directly by the Ministry of Public Security. There are rumors that Fang Bin is being held in Wuchang prison.
According to the China Political Prisoners Concern Group, the day after his arrest, Fang Bin was placed in criminal detention on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power.
In early March, sources said Fang’s family refused to contact the outside world, making it impossible for lawyers to intervene in the case. The public security officials had intended to charge Fang Bin with incitement to subvert state power, but now the charge has been changed to “provoking and provoking trouble”. But there is no further information on whether the trial will be open to the public.
The lawyer, Li Dawei, regrets that it is difficult to intervene in Fang Bin’s case, “I can’t get in touch with him, and there is no way. As we speak, we also want to do some work for Fang Bin. From the reports, Fang Bin is a very straightforward person, it is estimated that this person is not easy to make a compromise.”
Chen Qiushi is still under close surveillance
It has been more than a year since Chen Qiushi, a citizen journalist who reported on the city’s closure in Wuhan in early February last year, lost contact with his family and friends on his way to Wuhan Fangbin Hospital to cover a story. Chen’s parents and friends have been silenced and no real news about him is available to the outside world.
On March 29, Chen Qiushi’s close friend and fighting fanatic Xu Xiaodong revealed Chen Qiushi’s latest situation on his YouTube channel, saying that since he was in Beijing, it was not convenient for him to say anything, but to tell you that Chen Qiushi is currently with his parents and his activities are restricted, so he cannot speak out. Chen Qiushi’s parents are suspected to be implicated and can’t work. As for when Chen Qiushi will come back into the public eye, Xu Xiaodong predicted that people may see Chen Qiushi in September or October this year, but Xu Xiaodong also said that this time is only his own speculation.
Xu Xiaodong emphasized several times in the video that many words are not convenient to say, so that people can understand themselves. Some netizens analyzed Xu Xiaodong’s video and believed that Chen Qiushi had been treated inhumanely in Tianjin before, possibly being tortured, resulting in great physical and mental damage to him. Back in Qingdao he was also under close residential surveillance, with people watching him when he went out, his parents unable to communicate with the outside world, and almost no freedom. Others believe that it is optimistic for Xu Xiaodong to speculate that Chen Qiushi will be able to speak normally in September this year. If the epidemic remains recurrent and China’s vaccinations are not as expected, authorities will not let Chen Qiushi speak out.
As for citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, he is the only one of the four citizen journalists who has been sentenced to prison. Zhang was sentenced to four years in prison last December by a court in Shanghai’s Pudong District for “provoking and provoking trouble,” and has now been transferred to Shanghai Women’s Prison.
Xu Xiaodong also mentioned citizen journalist Li Zehua in the video. According to sources, Li Zehwa is currently at home in Jiangxi. Xu Xiaodong is not sure where Li Zehwa is in the video about Chen Qiushi, but mentions that he is still in good condition.
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