Peng Baoquan, a netizen from Hubei who suffers from mental illness.

At 8 o'clock in the morning of April 9, in front of Zheng Hong Hotel in Shiyan City, Hubei Province, more than 20 employees of Wujiaohua Company gathered here. They have been running for six years for the problems of "state-owned assets being embezzled by a few people" and "houses being demolished". They came to the door of the hotel because they learned that a working group of the Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection was stationed here. They hoped that this move would be taken seriously by the working group of the Commission for Discipline Inspection and their demands would be satisfactorily resolved.

Half an hour later, the local police rushed to the scene, thinking that "it disturbed the normal business order of the hotel and the working life of the passengers in the hotel, and affected the road traffic there", and drove them away and maintained order. Subsequently, 1 1 people who participated in the incident were taken to the public security organs for investigation.

1 1 people, in addition to the representatives of letters and visits, include Peng Baoquan, an employee of Shiyan Construction Bank, Deng, a reportage writer, and Wu Zuhua, an employee of Shiyan Grain Bureau. At that time, Peng and Deng took photos at the scene, and Wu used DV video. The next morning, Wu Mou was released, and the police decided that he was just "passing by to take pictures". Peng and Deng were imprisoned in Shiyan mental hospital.

At about 6: 438 pm the day before yesterday, Zhang Hongfeng, a well-known netizen, suddenly received a phone call from Peng Baoquan. Peng Baoquan said that he was just "arrested" by the police station of Renmin Road in Shiyan City ten minutes ago. Peng said that more than 20 employees of a hardware, electrics and chemicals company heard that the inspection team of Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection was staying at Shiyan Hotel, and they ran to the front of the hotel to hang banners, demanding to solve the problems of employee resettlement, demolition and anti-corruption after the enterprise was transformed. He took some photos nearby. Not far from the scene, he was taken back to the police station by the police, the camera was taken away and the man was locked in a room called "voting room". Peng said that he didn't do anything drastic, nor was he an employee of the company.

At that time, Zhang Hongfeng thought it should be nothing, comforted him a few words, and didn't care. However, when I remembered this matter that night and called Peng Baoquan, Peng's phone was always disconnected. Zhang Hongfeng then entrusted Chen Yonggang to understand the situation and reported to the Yangcheng Evening News reporter.

Yesterday morning, Chen Yonggang learned from an insider that Peng Baoquan was sent to Maojian Psychiatric Hospital (also known as the Rehabilitation Center for the Mentally Disabled in Northwest Hubei) at about 2 am yesterday.

Yangcheng Evening News reporter called Peng Baoquan's wife, Ms. Ye yesterday afternoon. Ms. Ye said that no one informed her that Peng Baoquan had entered the police station, and no one told her that Peng Baoquan had been sent to a mental hospital. She didn't know the whereabouts of Peng Baoquan until she listened to Chen Yonggang. Peng Baoquan's sister Peng Xiumin also learned from Ms. Ye that her brother had an accident. So yesterday afternoon, I went to Mao Jian Psychiatric Hospital to visit my brother. The hospital refused to visit him, saying that the police station asked me to see him for a week.

A nurse in the inpatient department of Maojian Psychiatric Hospital said in a telephone interview with Yangcheng Evening News reporter yesterday afternoon that Peng Baoquan was brought in by Renmin Road Police Station at two o'clock in the morning yesterday, and his mood was stable. She confirmed that the police station also sent another person in at the same time (the petitioner told reporters that this person videotaped the petition).

A policeman on duty who answered the phone at Renmin Road Police Station told reporters yesterday afternoon that it was unclear about the specific situation of the two being sent to a mental hospital. This matter was handled by a policeman surnamed Li, who was busy until 2 am, and now he has left work and will not go to work until Monday. The policeman refused to provide the reporter with the mobile phone number of the policeman surnamed Li.

Journalist investigation

What did Peng Baoquan do?

Interviewer: I heard that they were going to report the situation, so he took some photos and left.

A female employee of Wujiaohua Company who petitioned in front of Zheng Hong Hotel and was taken to the police station told Yangcheng Evening News reporter that Peng Baoquan didn't know much about them before, only heard that they were going to reflect an unresolved matter after seven years of petitioning. They petitioned in front of the hotel at about 8: 30 the day before yesterday. The whole petition process lasted about half an hour, and no one came to pick them up. Peng Baoquan walked halfway, took some photos and left. They were then sent to the police car by a large number of policemen who arrived, only to see that Peng Baoquan was also sent to the police car. The employee said that she was questioned at the police station and didn't leave the police station until 5 am yesterday.

Petitioners sent a scanned copy of the Decision on Public Security Administrative Punishment stamped with the official seal of Maojian Branch of Shiyan Public Security Bureau to the reporter, saying that they had found out that these petitioners had "blocked the main entrance of the hotel by pulling banners" and made a hullabaloo about at the door, which made the hotel "unable to operate normally for 30 minutes" and decided to detain the team leader Wang XX for 7 days. According to the staff of letters and visits, she is the only one who has been formally detained. She can't understand that Peng Baoquan was sent to a mental hospital just by taking a few photos.

Is he mentally ill or not?

Peng's wife said: Two years ago, he was arrested for arguing with the police. After expert appraisal, there is no major mental problem.

Peng Baoquan's wife, Ms. Ye, told reporters that Peng Baoquan's words and deeds and spirit have always been normal. Ms. Ye admitted that Peng Baoquan was arrested two years ago because of a dispute with the police station. At that time, he asked the local doctor to make a mental appraisal of him. Later, the police station returned to Wuhan for expert appraisal. As a result, he is a little paranoid, but it doesn't affect his sense of responsibility. He was sentenced to one year in prison for obstructing official duties. Ms. Ye stressed that Peng Baoquan has been normal since he was released from prison.

At 10 the day before yesterday, the reporter listened to Peng Baoquan from Zhang Hongfeng and all his memories. In the recording, Peng thought normally and restrained his words. According to a petition worker who was detained with him at the police station, Peng did not see any unusual behavior in the police car and the police station.

The nurse in the mental hospital said that Peng Baoquan must have had a meeting with the doctor on duty when he was sent in by the police station, but she didn't know how the doctor decided that Peng Baoquan was mentally ill. The doctor didn't come back to work until Monday.

Family questioning

Why are family members not allowed to visit for a week?

Ms. Ye questioned that the police station sent Peng Baoquan to a mental hospital without the consent of his family, and even after he was sent in, the relevant parties did not inform his family, which was even more incredible.

Faced with the reporter's question of "why not inform the family", the nurse in the mental hospital said, "Isn't it the notice from the police station?"

Zhang Hongfeng published a blog post last night, which raised strong doubts. The blog post quoted Yang Yi, deputy director of Xiamen Qiusheng Law Firm, as saying that psychiatric diagnosis is related to citizens' personal freedom. If people can be sent to a mental hospital without strict procedures, everyone will feel insecure, which has become a medical reason for citizens to lose their personal freedom.

Comments from netizens

The incident of two people being arrested or even sent to a mental hospital for taking pictures of petitioners cannot be said to be a trivial matter, but it has not attracted the attention of relevant leaders. Grass-roots officials are lawless, and the terrible thing is that quite a few officials remain silent and play dumb, which is really out of control. Peng Baoquan is an enthusiastic person, one of Peng Baoquan's brothers. A few years ago, he suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage on the way to petition and became a vegetable. He feels pain and wants to help others. The people at the bottom of society are trapped in a survival dilemma, and government officials are indifferent. At this time, our society needs enthusiastic people; What should not be tolerated are those indifferent spectators. In today's society, healthy people are often "mentally ill", which makes people worry. This is an illegal act acquiesced by local officials, which tests their political wisdom and the concept of "ruling for the people". If officials are indifferent and numb, our society will really have mental problems. Should the responsible officials in Shiyan City take a stand on this matter?

Peng Baoquan

Peng Baoquan seems to be a nosy person. Chen Yonggang, a young man from Hubei, was detained by the local public security organ for questioning the "image project of a county leader" on the Internet. Before being detained, he told Peng Baoquan, and Peng Baoquan then asked Zhang Hongfeng, a well-known netizen, for help. Zhang Hongfeng revealed the news in a blog post. At this time, the national "two sessions" were being held, and public opinion suddenly rose. Shiyan City Public Security Bureau revoked the detention decision, and Yunxi County government and police publicly apologized to Chen online.

200 1 He learned that China Construction Bank Shiyan Branch Wuyan Branch had corruption problems, so he reported it to Shiyan City Commission for Discipline Inspection. After the intervention of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, Li, the former president of the bank, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. However, he believes that this treatment is not satisfactory, because other people he reported, including Song, have not been investigated.

Peng said that since 2003, he has been deprived of customer resources, laid off, beaten and disabled, and separated from his family, all because his direct boss was changed to Song's husband Hu, who he reported.

He said that at the end of 2005, the personnel system reform, his unit * * * had three people laid off, one was a driver, one was an electrician, and the other was him. He thinks this is the result of Hu's revenge. In order to return to work or get back customer resources, Peng went to Hu many times and reported to his superiors. In the absence of results, it happened that both sides were rough. In several conflicts, both sides were injured. In 2007, after being injured by Zhao, the former director of the business department, he was compensated by the other party for 230,000 yuan. From 2006 to 2009, Peng was twice detained for 30 days, twice fined 600 yuan, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment in September 2008.

According to the information obtained by the reporter, Peng went through the sick leave formalities at CCB from June 5 to 10, 2007.

Our reporter went to Shiyan Branch of China Construction Bank for an interview. When he wanted to verify Peng's relevant facts, the other party refused on the grounds that the listed company had strict regulations. The Brief Introduction of Peng Baoquan provided by the bank to the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee simply lists the basic process of how Peng clashed with the director of the sales department, how he was punished, detained and sentenced from his dismissal in 2005 to his release in 2009.