Key affairs
-June 22: The girl, Li Shufen, was a student of No 3 High School in Weng'an, and her body was found floating in a river.
-The police report said it was a case of drowning, but Li's family members and kin alleged that some local officials' relatives had murdered her.
-June 28: Police station was assaulted, torched by local people who were dissatisfied with the medicolegal expertise on the death of Li Shufen.
-July 1: Police reopened an investigation into the death of a teenage girl.
-July 3: Two police officials were replaced for "severe malfeasance".
-July 3: A third postmortem examination confirmed that the girl had drowned, upholding results of previous autopsies.
Final autopsy shows girl in southwest China protest drowned
The girl whose death sparked violent protest in southwest China's Guizhou province was drowned, confirmed authorities after the final eight-day autopsy on Wednesday.
- "We didn't do it", male friends of dead girl say (Jul 5, 09:33 GMT)
- Two police officials replaced after violent protest (Jul 4, 01:41 GMT)
- Police defend riot measures, admit 150 injured in SW China protests (Jul 1, 14:38 GMT)
- Police station assaulted, torched by local people in southwest China county (Jun 28, 22:33 GMT)
News
- 117, including 48 gang members, detained after SW China unrest (Jul 19, 14:35 GMT)
- Public poll to help judge work of officials (Jul 15, 02:17 GMT)
- Police detain 100 people over violence in SW China protest
(Jul 14, 04:05 GMT) - Final autopsy shows girl in southwest China protest drowned (Jul 09, 17:12 GMT)
- "We didn't do it", male friends of dead girl say (Jul 05, 09:33 GMT)
- Third postmortem shows girl drowned (Jul 04, 05:06 GMT)
- Girl's kin wait for third postmortem (Jul 04, 01:15 GMT)
Police Reaction
- 117, including 48 gang members, detained after SW China unrest (Jul 19, 14:35 GMT)
- Public poll to help judge work of officials (Jul 15, 02:17 GMT)
- Police chief, commissar replaced after violent protest in SW China (Jul 04, 01:41 GMT)
- Police chief, commissar face dismissal after violent protest in SW China (Jul 03, 16:10 GMT)
- Officials admit existence of grievances before violent protest in SW China (Jul 03, 05:34 GMT)
- Police announce 4-month crackdown on gangs after protest over teen death (Jul 02, 14:58 GMT)
- No officials' kin involved in girl's death in Guizhou (Jul 02, 02:56 GMT)
Commentary
- Commentary: Public grievances should be channeled not suppressed (Jul 08, 13:07 GMT)
Photos
- Police vehicles lie overturned (Jul 03, 10:06 GMT)
- Police officer looks at a damaged police building (Jul 03, 10:05 GMT)
- Residents walk past the Chinese paramilitary police officers (Jul 03, 10:02 GMT)
- Chinese paramilitary police officers stand guard along a street (Jul 03, 09:56 GMT)
- Paramilitary policemen stand guard on a street (Jul 03, 09:50 GMT)
- Paramilitary policemen patrol on a street (Jul 03, 09:49 GMT)
- Burnt-out local public security bureau in Weng'an county (Jul 03, 09:46 GMT)
Photo
A resident walks past the burnt-out local public security bureau, which was set ablaze and ransacked on June 28, in Weng'an county, Guizhou province, July 2, 2008. more>>
A police officer looks at a damaged police building following a June 28 riot over the handling of a teenage student's death in Weng'an county of Guizhou province, China Tuesday, July 1, 2008. more>>
Chinese paramilitary police officers stand guard along a street in Weng'an county of Guizhou province, China, Monday, June 30, 2008. more>>
Residents walk past the Chinese paramilitary police officers in Weng'an county of Guizhou province, China, Monday, June. 30, 2008. more>>
Vehicles lie overturned in front of a burned-out police building in Weng'an, a county in Guizhou province, China, Monday, June 30, 2008. more>>