Panjin Killing Prompts Call for Investigation

(Beijing) – The shooting of an unarmed man by police has led four prominent legal scholars to call on lawmakers for an investigation.

The scholars, led by Jiang Ping, a former president of China University of Political Science and Law, submitted a letter to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

The letter asked China's legislative body to set up a special commission to investigate a police shooting in Panjin, in the northeastern province of Liaoning. The death of Wang Shujie, who had been involved in a land dispute with the local government over plans to build a road through his family's property, caused widespread public outrage.