Prosecutors beat me during interrogation, former county party chief on trial testifies
Kuang Guanghua, ex-chief of a county in Jiangxi, denies all the charges against him in court and makes an allegation of his own
A former county chief accused of abusing his power and accepting bribes has not only denied all the charges against him, but also claims he was tortured by prosecutors during interrogation, mainland media reports.
Kuang Guanghua, former Communist Party chief of Anyuan county in Jiangxi province, testified during yesterday’s trial that the charges against him were a part of a revenge plot by local officials after a meeting he had set up failed to produce a deal to help the wife of disgraced former Jiangxi party boss Su Rong, The Beijing News reports.
Kuang is charged with accepting bribes totalling 6.95 million yuan (HK$8.75 million) while he served as the top official in Anyuan and Huichang counties from 2005 to last year.
While testifying in Ganzhou Intermediate People’s Court, Kuang also showed bruises on his waist and legs, claiming that he was beaten during the prosecutors’ interrogation, the newspaper said.
“They beat me and threatened to arrest my wife and child if I refused to confess,” Kuang was quoted by the newspaper as saying.
An official from the Ganzhou Commission for Discipline Inspection said they were aware of the report, but refused to comment.