Man seeks 2m yuan for illegal detention

Although the central government has banned the illegal detention of petitioners in Beijing, a man from Anhui province said in court on Wednesday that he was nevertheless illegally detained and tortured for 63 days.

Wang Weilong said he was "arrested" at Beijing South Railway Station on Sept 22, 2012, after he talked with the Supreme People's Court and sent to a "black jail" - a place used to detain people illegally - in the capital's village of Wanggezhuang.

"They began to hit me after my family posted information online," Wang told the Beijing News. "They beat me very hard with leather belts, fists and feet."