School sexual abuse protester Ye Haiyan beaten up in her own home
Ye (not pictured) appealed for help three times on her microblog around noon yesterday, saying her apartment had been raided by about 10 women and one man while she was alone with her daughter. She had protested the day before against the sexual abuse of schoolgirls.
Gender rights activist Ye Haiyan was assaulted and detained by Guangxi public security officials yesterday after returning from Hainan province, where she had protested against the sexual abuse of schoolgirls.
Ye appealed for help three times on her microblog around noon yesterday, saying her apartment had been raided by about 10 women and one man while she was alone with her daughter.
"There are now four to five women beating me up," Ye said in her first post. "Please help me to call the police. There is only me and my daughter [here]."
Two Beijing-based lawyers who joined Ye in the Hainan protest earlier this week said Ye was summoned for questioning by police in Guangxi's Bobai county yesterday after she was accused of physical assault while fending off her attackers.
Her supporters said they believed the attack was an attempt to silence Ye after she launched an online anti-child-abuse campaign that has received massive public support.
Earlier this week, Ye and a few lawyers held cardboard placards in front of a Wanning primary school whose principal has been charged with raping six girls. They urged perverted teachers to leave pupils alone and posted photos of their campaign online.