Parents accuse Chinese police of killing their son during interrogation
Surveillance footage from inside police station in Dali, Yunnan province shows officers beating and restraining Peng Mingjing before his death
The elderly parents of a 36-year-old Chinese traveller are blaming police brutality for the death of their son in Dali, Yunnan province, according to Thepaper.cn.
Peng Jianxin, the father of Peng Mingjing, told the news portal that his son travelled alone from his home in Wuhan, Hubei province to Dali in early March, to sightsee at Cang Mountain and Erhai Lake.
Some two weeks later, the elderly couple saw the body of their son in the Dali city morgue, showing multiple injuries from head to toe.
Records show that Peng was arrested the day before he died for inciting provocation.
The parents were told by Dali judicial officials and police that their son died during interrogation at a Dali police station. Police allege that Peng had committed vandalism, including to a vehicle and a personal computer.