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Company blames demolition death on officials

MEMBERS of a security guard company in north China's Shanxi Province yesterday pledged not guilty and denied beating a man to death over a demolition dispute, saying they merely followed the government orders.

Wu Ruijun, who ran the Qixing Security Guard Company, said the company was owned by Jinsheng Township in Taiyuan, the provincial capital. Officials indicated "they can break protesters' legs or arms" before carrying out the demolition

But the township authorities denied the allegation, China Youth Daily reported today. The company's workers were facing charges of intentional injury and vandalism.

After Wu's 17-member team allegedly beat a villager Meng Fugui to death and hurt another last October, the township's Party leader Zhang Xingwang offered him a lump sum of 200,000 yuan to settle the case, Wu told the Intermediate People's Court of Taiyuan City yesterday.

 

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