Related: Court may scrutinize whistle-blower suits
U.S. kills three birds with one stone, 'eh?
"Whistle-blowers in China sent to mental hospital; Report: Those citing unfairness often targeted" by Andrew Jacobs, New York Times | December 9, 2008
BEIJING - Local officials in Shandong Province have apparently found a cost-effective way to deal with gadflies, whistle-blowers, and all manner of muckraking citizens who dare to challenge the authorities: dispatch them to the local psychiatric hospital.
In an investigative report published yesterday by a state-owned newspaper, public security officials in the city of Xintai in Shandong Province have been institutionalizing residents who persist in their personal campaigns to expose corruption or the unfair seizure of their property. Some people said they were committed for up to two years, and several of those interviewed said they were forcibly medicated....
In AmeriKa, they just ostracize and insult you -- or TORTURE YOU!!!
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There is another reason to stop petitioners, the aggrieved citizens who seek redress from higher levels of government: They can prove embarrassing to local officials, especially if they make it to Beijing.
The U.S. is different from China in what way now?
The article was notable for the attention it gained in China's notably constrained state-run media.
If that ain't the Zionist pot calling the Chinese kettle....
Communist Party stalwarts such as the People's Daily and the Xinhua news agency republished the article, and it was picked up by scores of websites. At the country's most popular portal, Sina.com, it ranked as the fifth most-viewed news headline, and readers posted more than 23,000 comments by evening....
You mean China didn't shut off the Internet and start busting skulls?
