Cash claim for prison boy in coma
By Zhang Xuanchen |
December 17, 2010, Friday
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THE family of a 17-year-old prisoner left in a coma after being tortured and beaten by five fellow inmates in east China's Anhui Province is seeking 2.01 million yuan (US$301,700) compensation.
Wang Enhui, who suffered brain damage in the attack on August 13, is in a vegetative state in the Anhui Provincial People's Hospital.
Authorities at the detention house in Yingshang County where the attack occurred tried to convince Wang's parents that his condition was caused by heat stroke, the Zhengzhou Evening News reported yesterday.
But Wang's father refused to believe this, as his son's head was swollen and he had bruises, burns and a 2-centimeter knife wound to his body. An X-ray later revealed that he had also suffered a fractured skull.
A surveillance video confirmed the father's suspicions, showing five prisoners forcing Wang to kneel and eat paper at night.
When Wang begged them to let him return to his bed, they kicked and punched him until he collapsed.
No guards intervened during the attack.
Wang's mother told the newspaper that Wang said he was regularly tortured and never received money his family sent him during a trial in July.
Two prison guards have been removed from duty.
The detention house received Wang's family's request for state compensation on December 10. The chief of the county's Public Security Bureau, Liu Xicai, said they will pay all the boy's medical costs.
Wang's father said the bureau had covered medical bills of 500,000 yuan.
But Wang's parents said they would feel they were letting their son down if they stopped seeking more compensation.
Citizens are entitled to state compensation if their rights are violated due to negligence of duty or malpractice by government personnel, according to a revised State Compensation Law.
The law took force this month, following a string of unnatural deaths at detention houses and prisons, some of which turned out to be caused by guards or other inmates.
Wang Enhui, who suffered brain damage in the attack on August 13, is in a vegetative state in the Anhui Provincial People's Hospital.
Authorities at the detention house in Yingshang County where the attack occurred tried to convince Wang's parents that his condition was caused by heat stroke, the Zhengzhou Evening News reported yesterday.
But Wang's father refused to believe this, as his son's head was swollen and he had bruises, burns and a 2-centimeter knife wound to his body. An X-ray later revealed that he had also suffered a fractured skull.
A surveillance video confirmed the father's suspicions, showing five prisoners forcing Wang to kneel and eat paper at night.
When Wang begged them to let him return to his bed, they kicked and punched him until he collapsed.
No guards intervened during the attack.
Wang's mother told the newspaper that Wang said he was regularly tortured and never received money his family sent him during a trial in July.
Two prison guards have been removed from duty.
The detention house received Wang's family's request for state compensation on December 10. The chief of the county's Public Security Bureau, Liu Xicai, said they will pay all the boy's medical costs.
Wang's father said the bureau had covered medical bills of 500,000 yuan.
But Wang's parents said they would feel they were letting their son down if they stopped seeking more compensation.
Citizens are entitled to state compensation if their rights are violated due to negligence of duty or malpractice by government personnel, according to a revised State Compensation Law.
The law took force this month, following a string of unnatural deaths at detention houses and prisons, some of which turned out to be caused by guards or other inmates.
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