Sep 23, 2011
Translated by Song Chunling
Original Article: [Chinese]

On Sep 15, Zhao Zhiwen (赵志雯) travelled to Beijing, the next day he was found lying unconscious on the street in his home town of Luoyang.

According to today's Beijing News, Zhao was mistaken for a petitioner when he booked into a Beijing hotel on the evening of Sep 15. The report states that Zhao was taken away by people dressed in military fatigues the next morning.

Together with "real" petitioners, Zhao was forcibly removed from Bejiing and sent back to Luoyang. On the way back to his home town, Zhao was beaten and not provided with any information about why he was being held against his will.

According to Wang Haijun (王海军), a petitioner who was in the same car as Zhao, the abductors confiscated everybody's money and Zhao was beaten on the head after he asked "who gave you the right to do this?"

The report also quotes police in Luoyang as saying that "it might be they caught the wrong person."

Zhao suffered injuries to his head, stomach and the rest of his body.

When he finally regained conciousness on the evening of Sep 16, he was confused and couldn't remember clearly what had  happened.

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Beijing News: 进京旅游被误当上访者押回打伤