Cop in unjust case found hanged in graveyard
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-05-27 09:17

A police officer was found hanged early on Wednesday after being involved in a controversial case of an innocent man spending 11 years behind bars, according to officials with Jingshan County in central China's Hubei Province.

She Xianglin is declared innocent and released during a retrial by Jingshan people's  court in Hubei Province April 13, 2005. He was wrongly sentenced and has served 11 years in prison for allegedly murduring his wife who is proven to be alive and recently returned to see She Xianglin. According to Chinese law, She is entitled to seek state compensation and those persons held responsible for the She case would be investigated. [newsphoto]

Pan Yujun, 42, was found early in the morning hanged in a graveyard in Huangpi District in Wuhan, capital city of Hubei.

Pan was one of the investigating officers in the case of She Xianglin, who was convicted of murdering his wife in 1994.

He was subsequently sentenced to 15 years in jail.

But She was declared innocent soon as the wife returned to her hometown earlier this year.

She, a former security guard, said police officers tortured him into confessing to the murder and is demanding state compensation.

Pan was under investigation by the provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, the political and law committee and the provincial people's procuratorate since May 21, said an official on condition of anonymity.

The provincial discipline inspection commission reported Pan's death to the Public Security Bureau in Jingshan County. Pan was an officer of the bureau.

One of Pan's family members said before apparently hanging himself, Pan called his wife Zhang Yinlan twice.

"He said he was 'leaving' and asked her to take good care of their child," said Zhang Jinjiang, the wife's brother.

Zhang said the family has already started making arrangements for Pan's funeral.

Two other police officers involved in the case were also being investigated including Lu Dingcheng, who was the chief investigator in She's case.

Lu was later promoted to deputy director of the Public Security Bureau in Jingshan County.

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