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Yang Jia (æ¨ä½³), who killed 6 police officers at Zhabei District police station in Shanghai on July 1, 2008, was executed this morning (26 of Nov, 2008). A twitter account, foreveryangjia, has been set up to express grievance towards this legendary figure. Upon receiving the news from Yang's mother about the supreme court's approval of execution last night, human right lawyer and blogger Liu Xiaoyuan expressed his regret that the truth is yet to be revealed..
æ¨ä½³å°†æ»ï¼ŒçœŸç›¸æœªæ˜Žï¼
Yang Jia is about to die, the truth has not yet known!
According to Yang's testimony, he was wrongly accused by the Shanghai police for stealing bicycle in 2007
and suffered from physical abuse during the detention. However, in a close door trial in August, Yang was sentenced to death without a reasonable explanation of his intention in the verdict [zh]. Many considered the trial unfair as the lawyer that Yang's father hired were denied and the government appointed another lawyer, a legal consultant for Zhabei district government [zh], to represent Yang. More scandalous is the fact that Yang's mother, Wang Jingmei, had been kept in a psychiatric hospital [zh] run by the Beijing Police Bureau for about four months, throughout the prosecution of her son.
(English briefing see Yang Jia: Stranger than Fiction) While the government is not very committed to find out
the truth, Liu Xiao-yuan tried to put the puzzle together and traced the tragedy back to Yang's mother's petition
experience:æ¨ä½³æ¯äº²çŽ‹é™æ¢…是一个è€ä¸Šè®¿æˆ·ï¼Œ2000å¹´æ-¶ï¼Œå¥¹ä¸Žå•ä½ä¸€åŒäº‹å'ç"Ÿå†²çªå-伤。官å¸æ‰"到法院，她认为判决很ä¸å…¬ï¼Œä¸ºæ¤ä¸Šè®¿ç"³è¯‰äº†å…«å¹´ä¹‹ä¹…。æ®åª'ä½"报é"说，王é™æ¢…上访ç"³è¯‰æ料都是儿å帮助æ‰"å°ã€‚王é™æ¢…的上访ç»åŽ†å½±å"到了儿å，2007å¹´10月5æ-¥ï¼Œæ¨ä½³é到盘查殴æ‰"åŽï¼Œä¸ºäº†æŠ•è¯‰ä¸Šæµ·è¦æ–¹ï¼Œè´ä¹°äº†ä¸€åƒåªä¿¡å°ï¼Œä¸€åƒå¥-邮票，一整箱å¤å°çº¸ã€‚
Yang Jia's mother Wang Jingmei is an experienced visit petitioner. Back in 2000, she had a conflict with a colleague in her workplace that ended up in court. She found the
trial unfair and began her 8 years long visit petition.According to the media report, her son had been helping her to print her appeal documents. Wang Jingmei's visit petition has
affected her son. In Oct 5 2007, after Yang Jia had been abused in the police station, he bought a thousand envelops with a thousand stamps and a box of papers.
但是懂å¾-ç"µè„'的他，还是æ"¾å¼ƒäº†â€œé›ªç‰‡â€æŠ•è¯‰æ–¹å¼ï¼Œè€Œæ"¹ç"¨ä»¥ç"µå邮件ã€ç"µè¯æŠ•è¯‰ä¸ºä¸»ï¼Œä»¥ä¹¦é¢æŠ•è¯‰ä¸ºè¾…的方法。ç»è¿‡é•¿è¾¾ä¹ä¸ªæœˆçš„投诉，è¦æ–¹ä¹Ÿä¸¤æ¬¡æ´¾äººæ¥åŒ-京，但没有处ç†å¥½â€œä¸Šè¯‰â€äº‹ä»¶ï¼Œç»ˆäºŽå¼•çˆ†äº†è¿™èµ·è¡€æ¡ˆã€‚ æ¨ä½³è¯´ï¼Œåªæ˜¯ä¸ºäº†è¦ä¸€ä¸ªè¯´æ³•ï¼Œå¹¶ä¸æ˜¯ä¸ºäº†è¦é'±ã€‚è¦æ–¹ç§°ï¼Œæ¨ä½³æ˜¯æ²¡æœ‰è¦åˆ°ä¸€ä¸‡å…ƒèµ"å¿ï¼Œè€ŒæŠ¥å¤è¡Œå‡¶æ»¥æ€æ- 辜。
As he knows how to use computer, he used email and telephone for filing his complaints and sent written letters as supplement. After 9 months, the police had visit
Beijing twice to investigate the issue, but they had not dealt with the “appeal” properly which leaded to this bloody explosion.Yang Jia said he just wanted an explanation not for
money. The police said Yang Jia took revenge because he did not get his 10 thousand compensation.
王é™æ¢…在安康医院è§åˆ°å§å§æ-¶è¯´ï¼Œä¸Šæµ·è¦æ–¹ç¬¬äºŒæ¬¡è¿›äº¬è°ˆå¤„ç†ç›˜æŸ¥ä¹‹äº‹ï¼Œå¥¹ç"¨MP3åšè¿‡å½•éŸ³ï¼Œå¯ä»¥è¯æ˜Žæ²¡æœ‰è¦è¿‡ä¸€ä¸‡å…ƒèµ"å¿ï¼Œè¿™ä¸ªå…³é"®è¯æ®è¢«è¦æ–¹æ"¶ç¼´äº†ã€‚æ¨ä½³å‡ºäº‹åŽï¼ŒçŽ‹é™æ¢…没有å†è§è¿‡æ¨ä½³ï¼Œå¥¹ä¹Ÿæ˜¯ä¸€ä¸ªè®¤æ»ç†çš„人，她的说法与æ¨ä½³æ‰€è¯´èƒ½ç›¸äº'å°è¯ã€‚
Wang Jingmei told her sister in the hospital that when the Shanghai police visited Beijing the second time to investigate the issue, she recorded the conversation with MP3
which could prove that Yang had never demanded the 10 thousands. However the police had confisticated the evidence. After Yang was arrested, Wang Jingmei hadn't met Yang Jia again. She is the kind
of person that stick to fact and her testimony is in line with Yang.
综åˆå…¶ä»–å„æ–¹é¢æƒ…况æ¥åˆ¤æ–，æˆ'是相信æ¯å俩所说的是真è¯ã€‚试想一下，è¦å¯ŸæŠŠæ¨ä½³å¼ºæ‹‰è¿›å·¥ä½œåŒºåŸŸï¼Œåˆè¯´æ²¡æœ‰æ‰"，å¯åˆä¸å‡ºç¤ºé‡Œé¢çš„录åƒï¼›æŠŠçŽ‹é™æ¢…é€å…¥å®‰åº·åŒ»é™¢å¼ºåˆ¶æ²»ç–-，在家属找上é-¨æ¥æŠ¥æ¡ˆäº†ï¼Œç«Ÿæ¬ºéª-说已自行离开。办案机关如æ¤è'™éª-æ°'ä¼-，è°ä¼šç›¸ä¿¡ä»–们的说法å'¢ï¼Ÿ
From all the details I have collected, I believe in the mother and son. Just consider, the police pulled Yang Jia to the station. They insisted that they had never beaten
Yang, but they could not provide any tape to prove that. They forcibly sent Wang Jingmei to Ankang hospital, but when Wang's relative reported her missing to the police, they told lie that Wang
had left the police station by herself. With all these lies, how can people trust them again?
Yang Jia's killing has been interpreted, especially on the internet, as a heroic act of
challenging the unjust establishment through violence. Below is a poem written by Lu Xi-an in September 2008 that reflects the people sentiment towards Yang Jia. Counter opinion from Xinhua.net can be found in another GV's post written by Bob back in July. The poem is first
posted in a sina blog and then re-posted at inmediahk.net:2008å¹´7月1æ-¥ï¼Œ
楊佳在上海出ç¾ï¼Œ
隨後他便進入æ»åŽ»çš„æ·å²ã€‚
In July 1, 2008
Yang Jia appeared in Shanghai
Then he entered the dead history.
Yang Jia appeared in Shanghai
Then he entered the dead history.
有人說他殺人，
有人說他æ²'有殺人。
ä»–çš„æ¯è¦ªä¹Ÿæ‰¾ä¸åˆ°äº†ï¼Œ
å•å"¡è¦ï¼Œå"¡è¦èªªä¸çŸ¥é"。
å•æ³•é™¢ï¼Œæ³•é™¢èªªåˆ¥æ·»éº»ç…©äº†ã€‚
Some said that he had killed people
Some said that he had not
His mother cannot be found.
Ask the police officers, they say they don't know,
Ask the court, the court orders you to stay out of trouble.
Some said that he had not
His mother cannot be found.
Ask the police officers, they say they don't know,
Ask the court, the court orders you to stay out of trouble.
ä¸ä¹…，楊佳被判æ»åˆ'，
ç†ç"±å°±æ˜¯æ®ºäº†6個上海å"¡è¦ã€‚
儘管æˆ'å€'ä¸çŸ¥é"真相，
儘管æˆ'å€'å¸æœƒäº†æ²‰é»˜ï¼Œ
但æˆ'å€'ä¸èƒ½é¨™è‡ªå·±èªªæˆ'å€'ä¸çŸ¥é"楊佳。
Very soon, Yang Jia will be sentence to death,
The reason is the killing of 6 Shanghai police officers,
Although we don't know the truth,
Although we learn to keep silence
We can't lie to ourselves that we don't know who is Yang Jia.
The reason is the killing of 6 Shanghai police officers,
Although we don't know the truth,
Although we learn to keep silence
We can't lie to ourselves that we don't know who is Yang Jia.
å°æ–¼ä¸Šæµ·å®˜æ–¹ä¾†èªªï¼Œ
從æ¤ï¼Œæ·å²ä¸Šå°‡ä¸å†æœ‰æ¥Šä½³ã€‚
從æ¤ï¼Œä»–çš„æ¯è¦ªä¹Ÿå¾¹åº•å¤±è¹¤äº†ã€‚
For the Shanghai government,
Yang Jia will no long exist in the history
His mother will disappear without a trace.
Yang Jia will no long exist in the history
His mother will disappear without a trace.
ä¸åœ‹å三億人，
為什麼單單失蹤楊佳的æ¯è¦ªï¼Œ
æˆ'å€'還相信上海å¸æ³•æ©Ÿé-œå-Žï¼Ÿ
1.3 billion Chinese people,
how come only Yang Jia's mother is missing,
can we still believe the Shanghai department of justice?
how come only Yang Jia's mother is missing,
can we still believe the Shanghai department of justice?
楊佳是誰？
這個å•é¡Œå¤ªé›£å›žç"，
上海的å"¡è¦ä¸æ•¢èªªï¼Œ
上海的法官ä¸æ•¢èªªï¼Œ
上海的律師也ä¸æ•¢èªªã€‚
ç"šè‡³æœ‰äº›äººä¸€è½åˆ°å•æ¥Šä½³çš„åå-，
就會自覺地害怕。
Who is
Yang Jia?
This question is too difficult to answer,
Shanghai police officers dare not answer,
Shanghai judges dare not answer,
Shanghai lawyers dare not answer.
For some, whenever they hear Yang Jia's name,
They are frightened.
This question is too difficult to answer,
Shanghai police officers dare not answer,
Shanghai judges dare not answer,
Shanghai lawyers dare not answer.
For some, whenever they hear Yang Jia's name,
They are frightened.
楊佳到底是誰？
真相到底在å"ªé‡Œï¼Ÿ
ä¸çŸ¥é"，ä¸çŸ¥é"，æˆ'å€'ä¸çŸ¥é"。
Who is Yang Jia?
Where is the truth?
Don't know, don't know, we don't know.
Where is the truth?
Don't know, don't know, we don't know.
上海之大，上海之文明，
容ä¸ä¸‹é–‹åºå…¬å¯©æ¥Šä½³ï¼Œ
容ä¸ä¸‹æ¥Šä½³æ¯è¦ªå…¬é–‹å‡ºé¢ï¼Œ
容ä¸ä¸‹åŒ-京律師公開為楊佳辯è·ï¼Œ
容ä¸ä¸‹ä¸€å€‹å°‡æ»çš„人最後å'公眾說話，
或許那就是懺æ‚"çš„è²éŸ³ã€‚
Shanghai is big, Shanghai is civilized,
But it still doesn't have space for a open trial for Yang Jia,
But it still doesn't have space for Yang Jia's mother to testify,
But it still doesn't have space for Beijing's lawyer to defend for Yang Jia,
But it still doesn't have space for a about to die person to speak his last word to the public,
Maybe the words are his remorse.
But it still doesn't have space for a open trial for Yang Jia,
But it still doesn't have space for Yang Jia's mother to testify,
But it still doesn't have space for Beijing's lawyer to defend for Yang Jia,
But it still doesn't have space for a about to die person to speak his last word to the public,
Maybe the words are his remorse.
楊佳是誰？
別管那麼多å§ï¼Œ
楊佳就是一個人，
他是13億人ä¸çš„一個，
是56個æ°'æ-ä¸ä¸€å€‹å¤§æ¼¢æ°'æ-çš„å弟，
他來到這個世界，
é‚„æ²'有å¸æœƒå¦‚何懺æ‚"，
就已ç¶"失語了，
他來到這個世界，
僅有這點價值，
僅有這點最後機會，
å»ä¹Ÿè¢«å‰å¥ªäº†ã€‚
Who is Yang Jia?
Don't be too nosy.
Yang Jia is just a human being,
Among the 1.3 billions
A Han off-spring among the 56 ethnic groups
He comes to this world,
Not yet learn how to remorse,
But already lost his words.
He comes to this world,
With little value,
With little opportunity,
But all have been seized away.
Don't be too nosy.
Yang Jia is just a human being,
Among the 1.3 billions
A Han off-spring among the 56 ethnic groups
He comes to this world,
Not yet learn how to remorse,
But already lost his words.
He comes to this world,
With little value,
With little opportunity,
But all have been seized away.
楊佳是誰？
別管他了，
ä»–åªæ˜¯ä¸€å€‹äººï¼Œ
上海有多å°'人，
希望以他的æ»ä¾†æ›å–é¢å，
丟失的é¢å。
Who is Yang Jia?
Don't care about him anymore,
He is just a human being,
There are too many human being in Shanghai
Who want to save their faces with his death,
To safe their long lost faces.
Don't care about him anymore,
He is just a human being,
There are too many human being in Shanghai
Who want to save their faces with his death,
To safe their long lost faces.
楊佳是誰？
æˆ'想別管那麼多了，
最後åªæƒ³å•ä¸€å•ã€‚
楊佳到底為什麼殺人？
Who is Yang Jia,
I think we'd better dropped this.
The last question is
Why Yang Jia had chosen to kill?
View original post.
I think we'd better dropped this.
The last question is
Why Yang Jia had chosen to kill?
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