5 held over AIDS-threat group
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FOUR officials were reprimanded and five suspects held by police after six people living with HIV/AIDS were hired to harass residents who refused to vacate their homes for construction projects.
Three housing officials, including Wang Hesheng, deputy head of the Wodong District housing bureau in Nanyang, central China’s Henan Province, were given disciplinary warnings over dereliction of duty, the Nanyang government said yesterday.
Police have detained five suspects and are pursuing more.
To expedite demolition work, Yi’an, a local construction company, recruited a man, identified as Liu, to head the demolition project.
It is alleged that Liu asked a man with HIV, identified as Cui, to organize a team of others with HIV and AIDS to form a “demolition team.”
The six-member team harassed residents who refused to sign demolition contracts, set off firecrackers in the outside yard and shot residents’ windows with slingshots and steel ball bearings.
The team even brandished their AIDS identity cards in an attempt to intimidate residents.
A photograph of a piece of graffiti reading “AIDS demolition team” surfaced on Chinese social media, triggering an outcry. The slogan was reportedly found written in a community slated for demolition under a government plan. Some residents left out of fear, a local said.
Henan was once known for having a high number of people living with HIV/AIDS, many of whom were infected after selling their blood to illegal “blood gangs.”
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