Police arrested about 60 people who were trying to...
Police arrested about 60 people who were trying to air grievances to the NPC, said two protesters who were detained
Police arrested about 60 people who were trying to air grievances to the NPC, said two protesters who were detained.
The protesters, many of whom came from outside the capital, were held as they left an underground tunnel near the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing, said one woman who gave only her surname, Zhang.
Ms Zhang, from Shanxi province, was protesting against the removal of her 24-year-old dead son's organs. She said they were removed and sold without consent after he was executed for committing a crime. She said she had evidence to prove prison officials sold his organs to a hospital. There have been persistent reports that executed criminals' organs are harvested for sale.
Others had a variety of grievances including complaints about corruption, forced relocation due to construction projects and murder cases ignored by police, Ms Zhang said.
The group is typical of sectors of the population who have nowhere to go when China's judicial system fails them.
The protesters, many of whom came from outside the capital, were held as they left an underground tunnel near the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing, said one woman who gave only her surname, Zhang.
Ms Zhang, from Shanxi province, was protesting against the removal of her 24-year-old dead son's organs. She said they were removed and sold without consent after he was executed for committing a crime. She said she had evidence to prove prison officials sold his organs to a hospital. There have been persistent reports that executed criminals' organs are harvested for sale.
Others had a variety of grievances including complaints about corruption, forced relocation due to construction projects and murder cases ignored by police, Ms Zhang said.
The group is typical of sectors of the population who have nowhere to go when China's judicial system fails them.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Agence France-Presse, South China Morning Post, 06/03/2002)
