China activist 'beat himself up'

international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press Thursday July 27, 2006 12:44 by pat c

He beat himself up so badly he was paralysed! It reminds me of people beating themselves up during the days of the Heavy Gang. Or Andreas Baader shooting himself in the back of the head.

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pat c

China activist 'beat himself up'

Chinese investigators say activist Fu Xiancai, who was paralysed after a severe beating, inflicted the blows himself, according to a rights body. Mr Fu, who campaigned for people displaced by the Three Gorges Dam, was beaten up returning home after he was summoned by police in Hubei province.

The June beating was so severe he is not expected to walk again, according to Human Rights in China (HRIC). But an official investigation has ruled the attack was fabricated.