Officials held in death of bystander
Chinese officials detained four people over the beating death of a man who had recorded a clash between villagers and authorities, state media said.
Wei Wenhua, 41, was driving by Wanba, a village on the outskirts of Tianmen in Hubei province, on Monday and stopped when he saw villagers squaring off against 50 urban inspectors, his family and state media said.
After Wei took out his cellphone to record the demonstration, officials turned on him, the New China News Agency said.
The agency cited Tianmen’s vice mayor as saying that those under investigation included a leading city bureaucrat.
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