Wen Jiabao Behind Blind Activists Escape


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The escape of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng from house arrest may have been assisted by allies of premier Wen Jiabao, according to a high-level source in Beijing.
The source, who is close to senior officials in the capital, told The Epoch Times that the lawyers escape was not only good luck and timing.
Wen Jiabaos men persuaded a few plain clothes policemen who were watching over Chen closely at his residence and successfully turned them around, the insider said.
The source added that the premiers men told the guards the possible time and location of Chens escape beforehand.
It is understood that the intervention came as a result of a long-term disagreement over the handling of the case between the Chinas top police chief Zhou Yongkang and Wen.
In a recent interview, the source said that the conflict between the two Party officials has long existed and the explosion now happening was expected.
The news follows a report earlier ! this wee k by Hong Kong Apple Daily, who reported that guards turned a blind eye to Chens escape.
In 2006, Chen organized a lawsuit against the authorities of Linyi, Shandong Province, for excessive and violent use of the one child policy, and was sentenced by regional officials to four years and three months of imprisonment.
In July 2008, his wife, Yuan Weijing, published an open letter to president Hu Jintao, calling the head of the Communist Party to really understand the humiliation and helplessness that I have suffered in my daily life. I hope that our leaders can listen to an imprisoned blind activists worries over the countrys path of both success and failure.
The source revealed that Wens immediate response to the letter was to ask regional officials to release the imprisoned Chen. He also claimed that Linyi Citys Political and Legislative Affairs Committee (PLAC)s handling of the case was inappropriate.
However, Wen was opposed strongly by Zhou Yongkang, head of the PLAC. Zhou emphasized stricter management of similar cases and called for harsher punishment towards domestic representatives of anti-Chinese forces abroad.
Matters came to a head between Zhou and Wen in December last year when Batman actor Christian Bale was accosted while trying to visit the imprisoned Chen.
The source said that at the time, Wen complained that both the Linyi Party officials and Zhous manner of handling the case was problematic.
However, the countrys propaganda chief, Li Changchun, sid! ed with Zhou in the matter and said privately that Wen was too mindful of other peoples business.
Five days after the incident with Bale, the Linyi government was awarded the title National City of Civilization by Lis department, the Central Guidance Commission for Building Spiritual Civilization.
Read the original Chinese article.



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