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4 removed from duty for confining villager
By Zhang Jiawei (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-04-28 15:46
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Four people have been removed from office in Henan province for confining a villager, who filed a petition against the Daliu township government in Luohe, in a mental hospital for 6 years and a half, chinanews.com.cn reported Wednesday.
Xu Lindong, a villager of Daliu township, was sent to a mental hospital by the township government by force in October 2003 after he helped his disabled neighbor file a petition against the township government, reports said.
The four that were removed from office were: Shi Hongtao, Party secretary of Daliu township; Yang Yaoqin, deputy Party secretary of Daliu township; Chen Huijun, director of Daliu township's office of letters and calls, and Song Changxing, director of Daliu township's family planning office.
