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发帖数: 4 | 1 Local prosecutors in south China’s Hunan Province have dismissed reports
that a Chinese lawyer, Xie Yang, was “tortured in detention,” denouncing
them as untrue in a state media investigation that revealed that previous
claims were based on fabricated information.
44-year-old Xie was detained in July 2015 on charges of subversion and
disrupting court proceedings. Reports of him “suffering after being beaten
and having sleep deprivation” began to surface outside China last October,
alleging that Xie was beaten up so badly during custody by security forces
that “he had to call in medics himself.”
"I'm in good health. I exercise most of the time," Xie said, clarifying the
alleged mistreatment during an interview with China Central Television (CCTV
) reporters last Monday, adding that he had called the ambulance because his
body “was trembling for no reason.”
“I'm usually in good shape. So when the trembling happened, I panicked,"
Xie told CCTV.
"Our investigation confirms that the reported torture did not happen," Yang
Zhongping, a prosecutor with Hunan Provincial People’s Procuratorate (HPPP)
, told the CCTV reporter.
According to the CCTV investigation, the HPPP set up an independent
investigatory team on January 13 to look into the torture reports before
coming into the conclusion.
Xie said that he has been well looked after in the detention center.
A screenshot of the CCTV investigation aired on CCTV-4 shows that Xie said
he can sleep about nine hours a day in detention. Photo/CCTV
The television investigation revealed that the international media outlets
that reported on the “torture” were fed with “made-up facts” by another
lawyer, Jiang Tianyong, who tried to seek public attention in an attempt to
influence Xie’s case.
"Let me put this straight. I made up those reports. I'm the source of the
rumor," Jiang came forward.
According to local investigators, 46-year-old Jiang was a lawyer based in
Beijing and was caught using a fake ID to buy rail tickets in November.
Jiang told reporters that he approached Xie's wife and told her to fabricate
her husband’s torture stories.
"I got all the details from all kinds of online materials. All in all, we
cannot say the torture is non-existent in the world. People know this kind
of stories. I made up the stories bit by bit, and publicized them as if they
were Xie Yang's experience," Jiang admitted.
"If I appear often on media, especially foreign media, it would be easier
for the institutes abroad to know me. If foreign institutes want to get
something done, they would be more likely to approach me," Jiang added
during the CCTV investigation.
Xie remains behind bars and Jiang has also been arrested. |
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