Police investigate death of student
By Zhang Xuanchen |
March 4, 2011, Friday
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RAILWAY police in northeast China are probing the death of a college student who was heading to a family reunion, but died halfway there at a train station, having suffered multiple injuries.
A spokeswoman for the Harbin railway police yesterday said more evidence is needed to decide what led to the death of 23-year-old Zhao Wei, who was found lying near a waiting lounge at Daqing Railway Station, a middle stop on the route from Tianjin to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on January 22.
Zhao's elder sister said Daqing railway police told them Zhao jumped to his death, possibly from the two-story lounge. The officials even offered some 300,000 yuan (US$45,671) in compensation to show "mercy" afterwards, which the family declined as "they just wanted truth," the woman told Shanghai Daily yesterday.
A forensic report showed apart from brain damage, the main cause of Zhao's death, the man had another 32 injuries and bruises to his arms, legs and organs, which the family believed couldn't come from a simple fall, Zhao's sister, Zhao Guohua, said.
A student at Hebei University of Technology, Zhao took a train about 12am from Tianjin Municipality for a family reunion during the Spring Festival.
"He was in high spirits when he called mom to inform her of his return that day," the sister recalled.
On the train, a schoolmate of Zhao's in an adjacent compartment said Zhao had a quarrel with a railway official, which led to him moving to his schoolmate's compartment.
The unidentified official came to Zhao's seat and told him to follow him about 3am the next day - Zhao never came back.
He was found dead at the station the next day and his family was informed.
The family said authorities said their son jumped to his death, but couldn't give any supporting evidence, saying the station didn't have a -surveillance camera.
Station authorities said they were "not liable" and would offer a sum of compensation if they agreed to keep quiet, Zhao Guohua said.
"We don't want money. We want truth." she said.
A spokeswoman for the Harbin railway police yesterday said more evidence is needed to decide what led to the death of 23-year-old Zhao Wei, who was found lying near a waiting lounge at Daqing Railway Station, a middle stop on the route from Tianjin to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on January 22.
Zhao's elder sister said Daqing railway police told them Zhao jumped to his death, possibly from the two-story lounge. The officials even offered some 300,000 yuan (US$45,671) in compensation to show "mercy" afterwards, which the family declined as "they just wanted truth," the woman told Shanghai Daily yesterday.
A forensic report showed apart from brain damage, the main cause of Zhao's death, the man had another 32 injuries and bruises to his arms, legs and organs, which the family believed couldn't come from a simple fall, Zhao's sister, Zhao Guohua, said.
A student at Hebei University of Technology, Zhao took a train about 12am from Tianjin Municipality for a family reunion during the Spring Festival.
"He was in high spirits when he called mom to inform her of his return that day," the sister recalled.
On the train, a schoolmate of Zhao's in an adjacent compartment said Zhao had a quarrel with a railway official, which led to him moving to his schoolmate's compartment.
The unidentified official came to Zhao's seat and told him to follow him about 3am the next day - Zhao never came back.
He was found dead at the station the next day and his family was informed.
The family said authorities said their son jumped to his death, but couldn't give any supporting evidence, saying the station didn't have a -surveillance camera.
Station authorities said they were "not liable" and would offer a sum of compensation if they agreed to keep quiet, Zhao Guohua said.
"We don't want money. We want truth." she said.
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