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Homeless people fear torture in relief shelter
By Li Qian |
January 9, 2013, Wednesday
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MOST homeless people would rather curl up in a street corner rather than sleep in bed in a relief shelter even though several fellow tramps have died in cold weather. Their uttermost fear is that they might be tortured and sent home to live in poverty again.
Luan Weidong, a homeless in Changsha, Hunan Province, said he had been sent to relief shelters in other cities and was "treated like a criminal." Other drifters also preferred to make a living by collecting wastes, the local Sanxiang Daily reported.
Wearing Luan's shabby coat, a reporter of the newspaper disguised as a vagrant and was sent to the Changsha Rescue Station on Monday night. Instead of receiving warm food and quilts, he was kicked to the ground.
"You can't beat people in the relief shelter. I don't want your aid. I want to leave here," the reporter said, his hands held tight behind his back and his head pressed to the ground by a worker's knee. He could hardly breathe and almost fainted.
"It's too late for you to go out now," the worker said.
The reporter was not freed until 40 minutes later when he agreed to call his father and signed a statement that he voluntarily gave up the relief aid.
The Changsha Civil Affairs Bureau has looked into the case, today's People's Daily reported.
Luan Weidong, a homeless in Changsha, Hunan Province, said he had been sent to relief shelters in other cities and was "treated like a criminal." Other drifters also preferred to make a living by collecting wastes, the local Sanxiang Daily reported.
Wearing Luan's shabby coat, a reporter of the newspaper disguised as a vagrant and was sent to the Changsha Rescue Station on Monday night. Instead of receiving warm food and quilts, he was kicked to the ground.
"You can't beat people in the relief shelter. I don't want your aid. I want to leave here," the reporter said, his hands held tight behind his back and his head pressed to the ground by a worker's knee. He could hardly breathe and almost fainted.
"It's too late for you to go out now," the worker said.
The reporter was not freed until 40 minutes later when he agreed to call his father and signed a statement that he voluntarily gave up the relief aid.
The Changsha Civil Affairs Bureau has looked into the case, today's People's Daily reported.
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