18 July 2006
Xiao Guopeng
Beating
Xiao Guopeng, 39, of the daily Anshun, was attacked by police officer Pan Dengfeng outside the building that houses his newspaper.
Pan knocked Xiao to the ground and continued to hit him despite the protests of a crowd that gathered. Xiao was finally rushed to a hospital where he died as a result of cerebral haemorrhaging. The killing may have been linked to Xiao's writing of an article that was critical of local police.
