Wang Binyu
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Wang Binyu, was a Chinese migrant labourer executed for murder in China in 2005. His case attracted some sympathy within China.
Born in a poor family in Gansu, Wang Binyu went to work at a factory in the neighbouring Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. These two regions are in the dry thinly-populated interior of China, very different from the coastal regions that Westerners are most familiar with. It is sometimes known as 'China's Wild West', though geographically they are north-central. Ningxia is 20% Hui, an Ethnic-Chinese Muslim minority. Ethnicity has not been mentioned as a factor in the case, which revolved around unpaid back-pay and violence by supervisors to workers.
Wang Binyu needed money to pay for an operation for his father - both education and medical care are currently charged for in China. He was working for a sub-contractor, who withheld some money and claimed some was owed as expenses. While trying to force the sub-contractor to pay him, Wang got into a fight with some co-workers and killed four people. Despite this, his case has attracted some sympathy within China.
In a jailhouse, Mr. Wang said
- "I want to die. When I am dead, nobody can exploit me anymore. Right? I just could not take it any longer. I had taken enough from them. I should not have killed the other people. I did not mean to let it happen. My life is a small thing, ...I hope that society will pay attention and respect us." (New York Times)
Another source quotes Wang as saying:
- "My life is a small thing. I hope that the Party and the Country will value us migrant laborers. I hope that society will pay attention and respect us."
The above is a translation from the original Chinese given at Chinese Net Discussion.
He was executed in October 2005, aged 28.
[edit] External links
- 'chinaelections' net discussion
- 'peacehall' net discussion
- Convicted migrant worker killer waits for final verdict (China Daily).
- China Digital Times
The concern over this tragic personal matter may be related to the wider debate about inequality in China:
It also ties in with the right to report news and restrictions that have been imposed. [1]
