Accused of sexually assaulting over 10 underage girls he seduced online
Reuters 28 May 2012
Police in central China have detained a former Communist Party official on suspicion of raping underage girls, following an online uproar about the latest case of abuse of power.
Li Xingong, who was the party’s deputy head in Yongcheng city in Henan province, is accused of assaulting more than 10 girls, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
City authorities have ‘ordered swift and severe punishment on the suspect in accordance with relevant laws’, it added.
Henan Television, citing some Web users, reported that Li was caught red-handed on May 8 while ‘committing a crime’ in front of No. 3 Middle School in Yongcheng. It did not elaborate on what he was doing.
Sing Tao Daily reported that the police found many condoms and other sex products in Li’s home and vehicle.
His computer stored a lot of nude photos and the birthdays of the underage girls he allegedly raped.
He allegedly posed as an unmarried tax official and seduced the targets via the Internet. He was also accused of paying some students to introduce their schoolmates to him, according to the Daily Sunshine.
Sing Tao Daily revealed that Li allegedly preyed on virgins only. The youngest victim was 11 years old.
The case has been widely discussed on China’s popular Twitter-like microblogging site Weibo, after reports about the rapes naming him as the alleged perpetrator began circulating online over the past week.
‘Officials these days are all like this. It’s really terrible,’ wrote one Weibo user.
‘These dog officials are everywhere. Only execution will sate the public’s anger,’ wrote another.
While the government has encouraged people to take to the Internet to expose corruption and abuse of power, especially at the grassroots level, it generally keeps a tight rein on what can be said about similar problems with more senior officials.
After briefly allowing free discussion online following March’s sacking of former Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai and the naming of his wife as a suspect in the murder of a British businessman, China’s censors moved to block the topic.
The ruling Communist Party has long pushed to eradicate corruption, underscoring a broader fear that, if left unchecked, the problem could hurt the legitimacy of one-party rule and maybe threaten its survival.
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China detains ex-top official for rape
Accused of sexually assaulting over 10 underage girls he seduced online
Reuters
28 May 2012
Police in central China have detained a former Communist Party official on suspicion of raping underage girls, following an online uproar about the latest case of abuse of power.
Li Xingong, who was the party’s deputy head in Yongcheng city in Henan province, is accused of assaulting more than 10 girls, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
City authorities have ‘ordered swift and severe punishment on the suspect in accordance with relevant laws’, it added.
Henan Television, citing some Web users, reported that Li was caught red-handed on May 8 while ‘committing a crime’ in front of No. 3 Middle School in Yongcheng. It did not elaborate on what he was doing.
Sing Tao Daily reported that the police found many condoms and other sex products in Li’s home and vehicle.
His computer stored a lot of nude photos and the birthdays of the underage girls he allegedly raped.
He allegedly posed as an unmarried tax official and seduced the targets via the Internet. He was also accused of paying some students to introduce their schoolmates to him, according to the Daily Sunshine.
Sing Tao Daily revealed that Li allegedly preyed on virgins only. The youngest victim was 11 years old.
The case has been widely discussed on China’s popular Twitter-like microblogging site Weibo, after reports about the rapes naming him as the alleged perpetrator began circulating online over the past week.
‘Officials these days are all like this. It’s really terrible,’ wrote one Weibo user.
‘These dog officials are everywhere. Only execution will sate the public’s anger,’ wrote another.
While the government has encouraged people to take to the Internet to expose corruption and abuse of power, especially at the grassroots level, it generally keeps a tight rein on what can be said about similar problems with more senior officials.
After briefly allowing free discussion online following March’s sacking of former Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai and the naming of his wife as a suspect in the murder of a British businessman, China’s censors moved to block the topic.
The ruling Communist Party has long pushed to eradicate corruption, underscoring a broader fear that, if left unchecked, the problem could hurt the legitimacy of one-party rule and maybe threaten its survival.
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