(BOXUN) Jiaozuo City, Henan Province petitioners Xu Youchen and his wife Zhang Xiaoyu are charged in a capital criminal case involving the intentional assassination of a police officer. Their attorney went to the detention center multiple times this week but was denied access to them. The attorney filed a complaint with the local court claiming the detention center was violating the law.
Jiaozuo City, Henan Province husband and wife petitioners Xu Youchen and Zhang Xiaoyu are suspected in a capital criminal case involving the intentional assassination of a police officer. The detention center has not let their attorney see them for 80 days. Their attorney Liu Shuqing said that from Tuesday October 14, 2014 he went to the detention center to apply for a visit but the door guard wouldn’t let him in. After he complained to the detention center leadership he was told that a visit wasn’t permitted. But he continued to appeal this decision as illegal. The next day, he and attorney Liu Jinbin went to the detention center together, but the door guard still wouldn’t let them in. They were finally permitted to enter and register for a visit, but the detention center refused the meeting, demanding that the attorneys confirm their identity with the court. The attorneys demanded to see the administrative decision that states that an attorney can’t see their detained client. At this point several police officers came over and treated the attorneys roughly. They then left.
Yesterday attorney Liu Shuqing filed a complaint of this unlawful action to the Shangyang District Court. The court will decide within five days whether to consider the complaint .
On July 17, 2014, Xu Youchen and Zhang Xiaoyu were petitioning in Beijing when they were apprehended and forced to return to Jiaozuo, Henan. While at a local police station police officer Wang Jun’gan was stabbed to death by Xu Youchen. For this reason both husband and wife are now charged in a capital criminal case of intentionally assassinating a police officer. On August 2, 2014 the procuratorate formally issued their arrest warrant.
