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March 30, 2008

Chinese citizen journalist beaten to death by city inspectors for taking pictures

When Wie Wenhau, a 41-year-old construction company executive, took out his camera phone to record a "scuffle" between residents trying to stop city trucks from dumping trash in their neighbor, he must not have realized it would cost him his life.  Reports say that a crowd of between 25 and 100 city workers turned on Wie, beating him to death.

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