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BEIJING -- The brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangchengsaid local officials had destroyed evidence of abuses in hisvillage ahead of a possible investigation there over an issue whichhas embarrassed Beijing and threatened relations with Washington. Chen Guangcheng's eldest brother, Chen Guangfu, told Reuters byphone that the authorities in the northeast Shandong province lastSaturday night destroyed black houses which he calledsymbols of barbarity and tyranny and where he said countlesssupporters of his brother had been beaten. The self-taught lawyer and rights activist, Chen Guangcheng,escaped house arrest in Dongshigu village in April triggering adiplomatic crisis between Beijing and Washington after he tookrefuge in the U.S. Embassy. He has since been allowed to go to theUnited States to study. Not a shred of evidence is left after they've destroyedeverything at the scene. Everything has been moved, Chen Guangfusaid. The two guard posts that were built specially for puttingGuangcheng under house imprisonment at the entrance of thevillage, he said. For the past two years, countless netizens(Internet supporters of Chen) endured violent beatings in thesehouses. Now, he said, people can freely move in and out of the villageafter years that the two men's families were barred from leaving.Authorities had turned Chen Guangcheng's home into a fortress ofwalls, cameras and guards. Chen Guangcheng has repeatedly urged the central government toinvestigate the rights abuses meted out unlawfully against him andhis family. After four years in jail on what he and his supporters say weretrumped-up charges designed to end his activism, Chen Guangchengwas released in 2010 and put under house arrest. Losing his sight as a child, he had accused Shandong officials in2005 of forcing women to have late-term abortions andsterilizations to comply with China's strict family planningpolicies. He was charged with whipping up a crowd that disruptedtraffic and damaged property. Chen Guangfu himself fled the village, to seek lawyers to help hisson who is facing charges of intentional homicide for usingknives to fend off officials who burst into his home after ChenGuangcheng had fled. He recounted to Reuters details of his own torture and reprisals byauthorities since his brother's escape but has since returned tohis home. Chen Guangfu told Reuters that local authorities have requestedthat he keep a low profile, and that he can't accept interviews,shouldn't contact lawyers and can't meet netizens. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Disney Mascot Costume , Fruit And Vegetable Costumes, and more. For more , please visit Animal Costumes Adults today!
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