To properly welcome this year’s October 1 National Day, Beijing authorities began their arrest of appellants a dozen days in advance. On October 1, an unprecedented number of police guarded bus stops and roads near Tiananmen Square to make arrests. Few people succeeded in staging a protest.
Appellants Publicly Beaten by Beijing Appeals Offices, Raided by Police
Officials nationwide traveled to Beijing to intercept appellants from their areas. They blocked entrances to the appeal offices of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls, the National People’s Congress, the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Construction. Appellants were beaten and arrested by hired thugs. On October 1, officials intercepted appellants gathered in front of the Tiananmen police station and marched away the arrested appellants before they were registered by the police, in order to reduce the number of recorded appeals from their region.
A police van at the Tiananmen Square. The Epoch Times
