Chinese Citizens Sue Wuhan Officials Over Virus Coverup, Call Mayor a ‘Murderer’

Chinese Citizens Sue Wuhan Officials Over Virus Coverup, Call Mayor a ‘Murderer’
Epoch Times
October 24, 2020

Two Chinese citizens are seeking to hold officials from the country’s initial virus epicenter accountable over their handling of the CCP virus outbreak.

Yao Qing, a petitioner from the hard-hit city of Wuhan, filed lawsuits on Oct. 22 against the city government, saying that some of its virus rules had violated their rights.

The city entered a full lockdown on Jan. 23 with little prior notice and shut down all transportation in and out of Wuhan, prompting panic as residents scrambled to stockpile supplies. On Feb. 10, the officials issued further restrictions that effectively sealed residents in their homes.

These measures violated the citizens’ personal liberty and never should have happened, Yao said in an interview on Oct. 22.

Yao became an activist last year after a nearby government-run railroad construction project caused cracks and deformation to her home. She subsequently lost her job (which has a 200,000 yuan annual salary, or around $29,910) after injuring her hand in a scuffle with neighborhood committee officers over the issue. Over the months of lockdown, Yao had difficulty accessing necessary medical treatment for her injuries.

The officers, :trooper: who were charged with buying and bringing groceries to residents, only provided those services twice over a two-month period. They also denied her request for medicine, accusing her of “making a great commotion about nothing,” she told The Epoch Times.

In June, Yao held a red banner in front of the city government seeking compensation :money: for her house. A black-clad plainclothes police kicked her stomach and slapped her face until she lost consciousness; another threatened to arrest her, she said.

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