Seeking justice, cancer patient scorned by officials   

湖南臨澧接訪者與患癌訪民合影擺勝利手勢(圖)

昨日，一組接訪人員與訪民的合影照片在網(wǎng)上披露后，引發(fā)關(guān)注。照片顯示，湖南省常德市臨澧縣派往長沙接訪的兩名工作人員，在與患有癌癥的訪民段新德合影時(shí)，面帶笑容，并分別擺出“勝利”手勢，其手勢被網(wǎng)友懷疑為慶祝“接訪順利”。同時(shí)公布的，還有此前臨澧縣信訪局局長在街邊為段新德?lián)u扇的照片。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Officials at a complaints bureau in Hunan province have drawn fire for showing a contemptuous attitude toward a protesting cancer patient, the Beijing Daily News has reported.

Duan Xinde, a resident of Hunan's Linli county, has returned to government offices in Changsha numerous times, seeking redress over a dispute with a local water supply company. Duan's wife has taken several photos of his mistreatment by officials during those visits and posted them to an online forum.

In one of the photos taken on November 11, 2013, Duan is hunched forward like a prisoner with two smiling officials beside him, one of whom is giving a V-sign.

In another photo taken the same day, Duan kneels down on the street, wrapped in a piece of white cloth bearing the word "Yuan" (injustice). A meter away, two officials play with a mobile phone.

In a photo taken in August, Duan sits on the curb with the same white cloth covering his body. Two smiling officials stand behind him. One has been identified as Pang Yewen, head of the Linli Bureau of Letters and Calls.

At the time, Pang Yewen said he was happy after hearing that Duan's health had improved, a statement Duan says is a lie.

Duan also said the officials handled him "violently" on November 18, 2013.