Planners of Tiananmen Square protest arrested
( 2004-01-07 21:08) (Xinhua)
Two men who planned a mass protest in Tiananmen Square in December have
been held in custody by police, announced Beijing Municipal Public
Security Bureau Tuesday.
Sun Shuping, 32, from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and 46- year-old Wu
Daming from southwest China's Sichuan Province were held in custody for
illegal gathering and leading over 100 protesters, who came from various
localities of the country to complain about different problems, to
Tiananmen Square on Dec. 12, 2003.
Beijing police said their activities violated China's law and
regulations on protest and demonstration.
Sun came to Beijing last November to complain about a court rule over
her family property and Wu entered the capital to appeal a debt dispute in
October 2003.
Sun and Wu got to know each other in Beijing and then applied for
permission for the protest on Dec. 9, 2003 but the application was denied.
Police also said two other people, Zhang Shangzhong, from northwest
China's Shannxi Province, and Zhao Fengcai, from north China's Inner
Mongolia Autonomous Region, were also detained for organizing dozens of
people to try to rush into and protest in the Diaoyutai State Guest House, where
visiting foreign country leaders usually stay and important meetings are
held.
A police spokesman said Chinese citizens can deliver their complaints
to relevant government departments in a lawful way. Illegal protests will
not help to solve the problems and organizers of such protests will be
punished according to the law.
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