Epoch Times
June 17, 2006

In December 2002, the resettlement bureau in Maoping tried to burn its books to cover up accounting fraud. However, the 1994 accounting report was kept intact by concerned individuals and has become part of the evidence presented by petitioners.

Three Gorges Dam resettlement activist Xiancai Fu was beaten to the point of paralysis by unknown assailants on June 8, following an interview critical of Chinese authorities with a German television station. … A Fu family member said that Fu is still under close observation in the hospital. He has a high fever and temperature. A vital surgery cannot be performed until his fever subsides. At present, he is able to speak, but has lost control of parts of his body including his bowels. According to his doctor, the injuries to Fu’s cervical vertebrae have resulted damage to his nervous system. … Fu was one of those forced to relocate and belonged to the dam region group. There were more than 10,000 people in total that were relocated from his area. They originally lived in the hillside areas rich in agricultural products. Here the land is fertile with abundant crops of citrus fruits, paddy rice, wheat, rape, etc. The farmers enjoyed a relatively high standard of living. Now the villagers’ lives are in a precarious state. The government did not arrange work for them and the farmers rely on paltry jobs to make a living. The Three Gorges Project has made these farmers’ lives extremely difficult. Fu himself went to Beijing 15 times to appeal for compensation promised by the government. According to activists’ reports, in December 2002, the relocation workstation in Maoping town, Zigui county, tried to burn its accounting books to avoid scrutiny by the auditing department, covering up its accounting fraud. However, the 1994 annual accounting report was kept in tact by concerned individuals. This report has become part of the evidence used in the appeal by those relocated from the dam region group