Three arrested for student's beating death in NE China

HARBIN, Nov. 18 (Chinese media) -- Warrants have been issued

for the arrest of three people, including two police, allegedly involved in an

incident here last month in which a university graduate died, a public security

official said on Tuesday.

The officers were identified as Liu Linan and Qi Xin.

The third person, Yang Sen, was a classmate of the 22-year-old victim, said Lu

Hongxi, deputy director of the public security bureau here in the capital of

Heilongjiang Province.

Lu said that Yang, also 22, was suspected of injuring

two other police and causing an escalation of the confrontation, while Liu and

Qi were suspected of causing intentional injury.

Yang was charged with attacking three police in July

2006, after his car struck a taxi. He attacked the police who responded to the

incident. He was subsequently fined by a court.

The victim, Lin, and some friends got into a dispute

with six police in front of a nightclub on Oct. 11. Lin allegedly rebuked one of

the police officers for speeding, according to earlier report.

Lin was later found dead at the scene of a cerebral

hemorrhage, and an autopsy revealed that he had been beaten in the head with a

blunt object. Several other people on both sides of the dispute were injured.

The six police, aged 28 to 31, were in street clothes

when they drove two cars to the bar after a private get-together. All were taken

into custody for questioning within 12 hours after the fight.

Four police remain free on bail, said Lu, who said

that no evidence suggested they had committed a crime.

Mystery shrouds university student

death after postmortem

HARBIN, Oct. 26

(Chinese media) -- Forensic experts and doctors performed a postmortem on the body of

22-year-old university student who was suspected to have been beaten to death by

policemen in a nightclub fight, but they didn't reach any immediate conclusions

on the direct cause of the death. Full story

Two policemen face arrest in beating

death of China grad student

HARBIN, Nov. 6

(Chinese media) -- Police decided on Thursday to seek an arrest warrant from

prosecutors for two policemen allegedly involved in a fatal fight in Harbin,

capital of China's northeastern Heilongjiang Province, that led to the death of

a 22-year-old university graduate. Full story