Over 10,000 people rioted and torched the local police station and government buildings in southwest China’s Guizhou province Saturday, June 28, to vent anger towards the local government’s cover up of an alleged rape and murder of a female student.
The victim’s foster father, Xie Xinfa, and several other locals told the Epoch Times , “The officials have become the protective umbrella of bad people and mobsters. Rich and powerful people can engage in illegal activities without any consequences, while the common people are without money and can barely make enough money to stay alive.”
According to an investigation by the Epoch Times , the victim, Li Shufen, was a student from Weng'an County No. 3 High School. Li’s brother found her dead in a river around midnight on June 21. There were also two males and one female standing on a nearby bridge near the scene of the crime. The female, surnamed Wang, is Li’s classmate and claimed that Li committed suicide by jumping into the river.
Li’s brother found no water in Li’s stomach, and he had never saw any indicators that Li had suicidal tendencies. They took Wang and the two other men to the local police station. The three were unconditionally released the next morning and the police claimed that the victim died from suicide. There was no investigation written record provided, according to witnesses.
Local residents told Li’s family that they heard people yelling for help around 11 p.m. that evening. One person said Li was raped, then killed and tossed into the river. The police did not conduct a comprehensive autopsy, or take any precautionary measures, and the family’s request for a complete autopsy was ignored.
According to Li’s family, they learned that the three suspects are all connected to the local police, party committee leaders, and provincial party committee leaders. The three suspects were released within 8 hours.
