When Corpses Hold Evidence, Chinese Police Become „Body-Snatchers“

Recent protests in Hubei Province have been commented on extensively online. And sparked the creation of one strange list. A Chinese Internet user has collected information on over a dozen cases where Chinese police have clashed with citizens – to obtain corpses.

In case after case, when a dead body reveals too much – the authorities lay claim to it.

The past weekend saw tens of thousands of protesters in Hubei Province try keep hold of the body of a deceased hotel cook named Tu Yuangao. Police and the man’s employers said that he committed suicide.

But citizens said his body held clear evidence that he was murdered and probably tortured – with the knowledge of the local communist authorities. Riot police used arrests and overwhelming numbers to get the body – then took it for cremation.

Now similar cases have been compiled and posted online. They include: Henan Province farmer Ding Tianyu’s bizarre death in the police station. The police department’s deputy director led about 100 police to snatch Ding’s body.

In just the past few days, in Hunan Province’s Shaodong County, police allegedly killed two people on June 20th while rounding up gamblers. They then seized the bodies of the two early the next morning.

The local authorities sent over 100 police with weapons, claiming the bodies while weilding rifles. The relatives were opposed to giving up the bodies, but were unable to keep them.

In many of the over a dozen cases posted online, victims‘ relatives have no place to appeal, thus they’ve posted the photos and details on the internet to seek help.

The Internet user behind the collection has said he did this because of his resentment against corruption.

Among the comments people have made is that “It must be that there are secret motives. Otherwise why would they need guns?” “There is no need to use a gun to obtain a dead body! They’re covering up secrets! It’s so obvious!”

Another user of the site even sarcastically designed a police badge for the „snatching dead bodies patrol“.

(NTDTV)