KMT leader lookalike seeks justice
By Yang Jian |
October 14, 2011, Friday
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A CHIANG Kai-shek lookalike who poses for photographs with tourists yesterday appealed to Beijing for justice after claiming he was beaten up by protection racket heavies linked to urban management officials.
Yang Junhong, aged 65, who runs a studio in Xikou Town in Zhejiang Province, the hometown of the late Kuomintang leader, said he was attacked for refusing to pay increased protection fees.
He claims the extortionists colluded with the town's urban management department.
But the department say Yang was attacked by business rivals in a turf war over his lucrative pitch.
Yang ended up with a broken rib while his 30-year-old son had suspected internal injuries after 10 youths armed with iron bars set upon them and smashed the studio on October 2, Yang said yesterday.
Yesterday, he wrote a letter to the State Bureau for Letters and Calls accusing the urban management team of collaborating with gangs. "I have to get justice," he said.
Yang says he has paid 10,000 yuan (US$1,573) every month for "protection" since opening his studio 10 years ago near the former residence of Chiang. But recently the gang doubled the rate, which Yang says he refused to pay.
"I can earn 280,000 yuan a month. But after deductions, there's just 30,000 yuan left."
Yang became well-known for his Chiang-like features after winning a television show contest in 1999.
Yang Junhong, aged 65, who runs a studio in Xikou Town in Zhejiang Province, the hometown of the late Kuomintang leader, said he was attacked for refusing to pay increased protection fees.
He claims the extortionists colluded with the town's urban management department.
But the department say Yang was attacked by business rivals in a turf war over his lucrative pitch.
Yang ended up with a broken rib while his 30-year-old son had suspected internal injuries after 10 youths armed with iron bars set upon them and smashed the studio on October 2, Yang said yesterday.
Yesterday, he wrote a letter to the State Bureau for Letters and Calls accusing the urban management team of collaborating with gangs. "I have to get justice," he said.
Yang says he has paid 10,000 yuan (US$1,573) every month for "protection" since opening his studio 10 years ago near the former residence of Chiang. But recently the gang doubled the rate, which Yang says he refused to pay.
"I can earn 280,000 yuan a month. But after deductions, there's just 30,000 yuan left."
Yang became well-known for his Chiang-like features after winning a television show contest in 1999.
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