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Yuan Liya (center) “jumped” to her death on May 3. (Weibo)
Around 4 a.m. on May 3, young Anhui migrant Yuan Liya fell to her death from the fourth floor of the Jingwen Wholesale Market in Beijing, where she worked. The Beijing authorities insist that she committed suicide and have refused requests by Yuan’s boyfriend and family to make public the Jingwen closed-circuit video of her fall.
This morning, migrants from Yuan’s home town protested in central Beijing, triggering a massive police presence. Photos of riot police on the streets and police helicopters circling the protesters have circulated on Weibo. Footage of the demonstration is available, for now, on Tencent [zh]. Read more about Yuan’s case and the protest from CDT Chinese [zh].
• Jing+Wen (京+温): For Jingwen Wholesale Market.
• Yuan Liya (袁利亚)
• Dahongmen (大红门): Yuan’s family have brought their case to the Dahongmen Market police station.
• South Third Ring [Road] (南三环): Location of Jingwen.
• Muxiyuan (木樨园): Street blocked by police.
• helicopter (直升机)
Update: More images from the protest and screenshots of propaganda directives have been added to the photo gallery below.
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- Yuan Liya (center) “jumped” to her death on May 3. (Weibo)
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- Protesters from Yuan’s hometown in Anhui Province doubt her death was a suicide. (Weibo)
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- Protesters numbered in the hundreds. (Weibo)
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- Scenes from today’s protest. (Weibo)
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- Police helicopters hover over protesters in Beijing. (Weibo)
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- This Peaceful Beijing weibo has been reposted 3371 times, but has no comments.
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- This image text weibo on Yuan Liya has been reposted 5948 times but has only 16 comments. Most likely, censors are deleting comments.
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- “Jingwen Boss, Blood for Blood.”
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- “Seeking the truth! If there are one girl and a group of big men in a secret room and in the end the girl jumps to her death, would you really believe that it’s a suicide, or would you call it homicide? After 4 a.m. on May 3, Yuan Liya, a girl from Anhui working in the Jingwen Wholesale Market, suffered just this fate. How could you write this off as suicide? The latest development: The victim’s mother went today…”
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- Sign on the right: “My daughter is dead. Give me back my justice.”
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- “Jingwen Boss, Blood for Blood.”
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