Thread. #Jiangsu releases 5th and possibly the last report on the chained woman in Feng Co, Xuzhou City. Key takeaways: The woman, Xiao Huamei, is confirmed to be from Fugong Co. Yunnan province and is registered as being born on May 13, 1977. She was taken to Donghai Co.
Jiangsu in early 1998 by a woman named Sun, to be sold to a man named Xu for 5000 yuan. Xu says Xiao Huamei disappeared after living w/ him for 3 or 4 months. After a series of changes of hands, Xiao Huamei was bought by her current husband's father, Dong Sr. In June 2000, /2
Dong Jr illegally obtained a wedding certificate with Xiao Huamei. Addressing some widespread rumors, the report says the chained woman is not Li Ying of Sichuan, that the father of all 8 of her children is Dong jr, and that her teeth were not removed by force. 9 people, /3
including Dong Jr and 8 who were involved in Xiao Huamei's trafficking, are being pressed criminal charges. 17 gov't officials face disciplinary actions, including the party chief, county chief, and publicity chief of Feng Co. who have been sacked. /4
The report concluded that the incident "has revealed that for a period of time the relevant local party committees and governments in our province have been ineffective in implementing the decisions and policies of the Party Central Committee, /5
and revealed many problems and shortcomings, such as grassroots organization building, protection of women's and children's rights, and assistance and care for special groups. This reflected that some party members and officials have not firmly established /6
a people-centered development ideology, embodied serious formalism and bureaucracy, and had weak regard for the rule of law, resulting in the absence of grassroots service and the protection of the people's interests." /7
The report ended by saying that Jiangsu is launching a provincial-wide campaign to crack down on rights abuses against women, children, the mentally ill, and the handicapped. Full report (in Chinese) here: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/gFF7F_pQzYAd… /End
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