'We didn't do it', male friends of dead girl say

By Fu Jing (China Daily)
Updated: 2008-07-05 09:02

Together with a 16-year-old girl, Wang Jiao, both men were with Li at the scene of her death after a drinking session.

Both Chen and Liu said the depth of the river was much greater than their height and about 20 m wide.

After failing to save Li, the men said they got back on the riverbank and called police using Wang's cell phone.

The trio said police arrived soon after but no one had jumped into the river to save Li.

The Party chief of the county and the county magistrate were sacked on Friday.

Two security bureau chiefs of the county were also sacked earlier.

The provincial authority said that every year, about 600 to 800 criminal cases take place in the county, but half of them are not solved.

Provincial Party Chief Shi Zongyuan said the deep-rooted reasons behind the protest were "rude and roughshod solutions" by local authorities to solve disputes over mines, demolition of homes for public projects, the relocation of residents for reservoir construction and many other issues.

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