BBC: “Police are investigating the death of a fruit seller in China, state media say, amid reports he was beaten by “chengguan” urban security personnel.
Deng Zhengjia, in his 50s, died on Wednesday in Chenzhou City, Hunan.
He was hit with a weight from a set of scales after a row erupted with chengguan officials, Xinhua news agency said, citing Mr Deng’s niece.
Chengguan are unpopular with the Chinese public after a series of high-profile violent incidents.
The chengguan, or Urban Management Law Enforcement force, support the police in tackling low-level crime in cities.
But the force’s ”thuggish” behaviour had led to public anger and undermined stability, a report by Human Rights Watch said last year.
“They are now synonymous for many Chinese citizens with physical violence, illegal detention and theft,” said Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), when the report was released in May 2012.
via BBC News – Probe over China fruit-seller ‘beaten by enforcers’.
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