Epoch Times
Oct 15, 2009

A formerly wealthy rural entrepreneur of Pei County in Jiangsu Province, who is now penniless, was recently released from a 10-day detention, after appealing over corruption.

Wang Shuqin spoke of his situation to U.S.-based international Chinese language radio station, Sound of Hope (SOH).

Without legal documents, authorities took Wang to the local Police Department on Sept. 23 and detained him for 10 days, Wang told SOH. Under Chinese law the right to appeal exists.

A decade ago, Wang owned the Pei County Cold Drink Factory. “I started to lose core parts on my freezer when I was making a lot of money,” he said. “A thief once stole the entire core of the freezer, which caused my ice cream factory to be shut down.”

With the help of friends Wang said he tracked the thief, Zhu Shouliang, down. “He was very panicky, and he actually paid me some compensation and begged for forgiveness,” Wang said.

“Unexpectedly, a policeman named Chen Shihong and Zhu were working hand in glove: Chen took back the vehicle that Zhu had used to steal my machine and sent it to Zhu. I went to the police station with my son to argue with them, but got beaten up by officer Chen, who even fabricated a charge of ‘extortion’ against me, and arrested me. I was put in jail for 270 days.”

Wang’s factory subsequently went bankrupt and his economic losses are estimated at more than 10 million yuan (US$1.25 million).   more …