But on Tuesday night, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported there had been
“no legal basis for the township government’s demand.”
“According to the investigation, while persuading Feng to receive the
abortion, some staff of the township government used crude means to violate
her intentions,” the report said.
Among those fired for their role in the abortion was Jiang Nenghai, the head
of Zhenping County’s Family Planning Bureau. Yu Yanmei, Zhenping’s deputy
county magistrate in charging of family planning, was also removed from his
post.
Other officials were also “punished”, the report said, without giving further
details. Local authorities would now offer the family unspecified
compensation.
Despite a nationwide outcry, Ms Feng and her family appear to have come under
heavy pressure to remain silent.
On Monday it emerged that Ms Feng’s husband, Deng Jiyuan, had gone into hiding
after he and his relatives were harassed and labeled “national traitors” for
giving an interview to a German journalist last Friday.
Deng Jiyuan’s sister, Deng Jicai, said: “I think further revenge by officials
and suppression is very likely
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