Update | Guangzhou graft-fighter Ou Shaokun in hospital after cutting wrist in protest
Anti-corruption campaigner recovering after desperate act against official persecution
Guangzhou-based anti-corruption activist Ou Shaokun is recovering in hospital after cutting his wrist in a protest against official persecution.
Ou, 61, is in stable condition in Guangzhou’s No 421 People’s Liberation Army Hospital in Chigang. He required stitches to three tendons early on Friday morning.
Ou, also known as “Uncle Ou” in Guangzhou, has been monitoring city officials for abusing their official vehicle privileges for more than a decade. He has more than 80,000 followers on Sina Weibo.
Ou said he cut his left wrist after two officials from the local neighbourhood committee came to his apartment to take away the card that identified him as an elected resident representative.
The news was published on his weibo account and there was a heavy press presence at the hospital on Thursday night. Guangzhou authorities later blocked news of the incident.
“About two weeks ago, I was elected as a resident representative for my local neighbourhood but the … authorities asked me to hand back my … card.