The Communist Party of China seems to be trying hard to apply the ‘rule of law’ to its own cadres. Must be a good thing.
BBC: “The trial has begun in China of six Communist Party officials accused of causing the death of a man who drowned after his head was repeatedly plunged in icy water during an investigation.
Yu Qiyi, the chief engineer of a state-owned company in Wenzhou, was being interrogated by party officials – and not police – when he died on 9 April.
As the trial got under way, the family lawyer said he was ejected from court.
Analysts say the case casts light on the darker side of party discipline.
Indeed the case, which is being heard in the city of Quzhou, appears to be a rare acknowledgement of some of the methods that lie behind the country’s well publicised crackdown on corruption, according to correspondents.
The case is extremely sensitive and the lawyer for Mr Yu’s family has already expressed his anger at being removed from court, saying the legal process was flawed.
Reuters also reports that the lawyer for one of the accused expressed concern about the court’s actions because her client wanted to apologise.
There has been no comment from the lawyers of the other accused men and neither the government nor the Communist Party has commented publicly on the case.”
via BBC News – China Communist Party investigators tried over drowning.
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