Jailed Chinese activist awakes from coma; says he did not attempt suicide, despite authories' claims
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[quote]A jailed activist in Central China has said that he did not sustain head injuries from a suicide attempt, contradicting the authorities’ version of events.
Xing Wangli, a 45-year-old who was jailed for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” was in a coma after his skull was fractured at a detention centre in August. He underwent three to four hours of emergency surgery for serious head injuries, according to his family.
The detention centre in Xi county, Henan, said that Xing attempted to hang himself with a rope made of cardboard. They said his head hit the ground when another prisoner lifted him up by the legs to free him from the rope, but failed to catch him.
Xing awoke from the coma in mid-September, according to Radio Free Asia. His wife told the US-backed news service on Wednesday that her husband said he fell unconscious after he was beaten at the detention centre and woke up to find himself in hospital.
“They said he tried to commit suicide by hanging – it’s impossible. He said he was beaten, he said that he was beaten but he didn’t even know [at the time].”
Xing underwent surgery to repair his skull on Monday and was brought back to a detention centre in Xi county on the same day, his son Xing Jian – who fled to Thailand following his father’s arrest – said.
Xing was detained in May last year for calling attention online to the suspicious death of a petitioner. He was sentenced to four and a half years in August and allegedly attempted suicide the next day.
At the time, his family rejected the authorities’ explanation and asked to see security camera footage, but their request was denied.
After the family spoke to media about Xing’s condition, Xing’s wife, mother, and brother were put under surveillance, and his uncle was threatened with jail time and held at a guesthouse.[/quote]
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how the fuck do you make a rope out of cardboard?
[quote]Xing was detained in May last year for calling attention online to the suspicious death of a petitioner. He was sentenced to four and a half years in August and allegedly attempted suicide the next day.
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Man, to think that China continues to do this to this day.
[QUOTE=Hilton;51598408]how the fuck do you make a rope out of cardboard?[/QUOTE]
I've actually done this when i was a kid, not to kill myself but because cardboard boxes are fun and strings/ropes are useful. You strip the cardboard then use it in the same way you would plant fiber and twist it a bunch of times.
The resulting cord shouldnt be very strong, though, and for *some reason* i feel more inclined to believe someone who is already unjustly imprisoned that he's being abused.
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