PSB Pay Pastor Bike Zhang Compensation

ICC Note:

Pastor Bike Zhang has withdrawn his lawsuit against the Public Security Bureau after officials provided him with 17,000 yuan in compensation to cover the expense of medicals bills he incurred when his youngest son was beaten by PSB officers and when his apartment rental agreement was terminated early.

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1/13/09 China (ChinaAid) ChinaAid learned that Pastor “Bike” Zhang Mingxuan received 17,000 yuan on January 5, 2009 from the Director of the Public Security Bureau branch office of Chaoyang district, Beijing.

In October 2008, Public Security Bureau officials attacked Pastor Bike’s family, beating his sons and forcing the family out of their apartment. The 17,000 yuan covers the cost of medical bills for Pastor Bike’s youngest son, Zhang Jian, who was badly beaten by PSB officers, as well as the cost of the fine incurred for the early termination of the family’s apartment rental agreement.

It is the opinion of those most closely involved in the case that this payment of 17,000 yuan is an indirect admission of guilt that the PSB directed the attack against Pastor Bike’s family in October 2008.

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