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FIVE Wuhan whistleblowers are still missing and one is dead after exposing the true horrors of the coronavirus, it was claimed today.
Fears arose today that government critics were being tortured for reporting as the regime cracked down on citizens, including discussing the pandemic.
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Today’s Mail on Sunday claimed that more than 5,100 people were arrested for sharing information about the virus in the first weeks of the outbreak.
And he reported that any dissident is being taken to medical quarantine and labeled as ill to prevent them from talking more.
Other citizens are reportedly even detained for posting questions online hinting at a scarcity of masks or more deaths.
China’s massive online censorship system, known as the Great Firewall, is used to block any information that the government considers “rumor”, or not a government source.
And images filmed by citizens and posted online have shown that people are violently forced to wear masks and barricades in their own homes in an attempt to stop the spread of the error.
The deadly insect is believed to have originated in Wuhan, China, before sweeping the world with more than 161,000 deaths worldwide.
In the UK, the insect has killed more than 15,000 people.
But as the world continues to grapple with the virus, China has also imposed stringent new restrictions on academic research into the origins of Covid-19.
And human rights defenders have raised concerns about a number of whistleblowers in China who have disappeared after speaking.
Dr. Li Wenliang
The Chinese medical hero who tried to warn the world about the coronavirus died after contracting the error.
Dr. Li Wenlaing, 34, had received a chilling letter from the police before his death, warning him “if he refused to repent he would be punished.”
Caution also told him to stop “spreading false information online.”
Tragically, he died in February after contracting coronavirus from patients he was treating.
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Ren Zhiqiang
Chinese millionaire Ren Zhiqiang went missing in March after calling President Xi Jinping a “clown” for his handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
The real estate mogul had openly criticized the Communist Party’s response to the online epidemic.
Mr. Ren blamed the actions of a power hungry “clown” for failing to handle the outbreak, it being widely understood that he was referring to President Xi.
He also criticized the limits imposed on freedom of expression and called on the party to “wake up from ignorance” to expel its leaders.
The magnate’s work was shared on China’s internet message boards before it disappeared.
Her son and his assistant are also reportedly missing without a trace.
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Chen Qiushi
Chinese citizen journalist Chen Qiushi went missing in February after exposing the severity of the coronavirus in Wuhan.
He had reported horrible scenes in graphic detail, including a woman frantically calling her family while sitting next to a dead relative in a wheelchair.
A panicked friend told CNN, “We are concerned about your physical safety, but we are also concerned that if you are missing, you may become infected with the virus.”
His family was later told he was under medical quarantine in an undisclosed location.
Days before his disappearance, Mr. Chen said to his followers, “As long as I am alive, I will speak about what I have seen and what I have heard. I am not afraid of dying. Why should I be afraid of you, Communist Party?”
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Fang Bin
Fang’s disappearance is chillingly similar to Chen Quishi’s.
He uploaded a video on February 1 showing eight bodies outside a hospital in Wuhan, with police seizing his laptop.
Days later, on February 4, he uploaded a video of men in protective suits trying to break into his home before disappearing on February 8.
Pierre Haski, president of Reporters Without Borders, said both men are “in the hands of the Chinese authorities.”
He added that there is “very little” information about what has happened to them.
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Li Zehua
The 25-year-old journalist previously worked for the state broadcaster before resigning to report on Quhan.
But he has not been seen since February 26 after visiting the Wuhan Virology Institute.
British and American intelligence officials suspect that scientists at the Wuhan Virology Institute accidentally spread the killer during risky bat coronavirus tests.
A US congressman this month urged China to investigate Li Zehua’s disappearance along with Fang Bin and Chen Qiushi.
Republican Rep. Jim Banks said: “All three men understood the personal risk associated with independently reporting on the coronavirus in China, but they did it anyway.”
He alleged that the Chinese government “imprisoned them, or worse.”
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Xu Zhangrun
Law professor Xu Zhangrun was placed under house arrest in Beijing after expressing criticism of the Chinese president.
His piece warned, “This may well be the last piece you write.”
The Chinese professor was excluded from social networks and disconnected from the Internet.
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And the United States has urged China to clarify when President Donald Trump stated that he was trying to establish whether the coronavirus first crossed paths with humans during bat testing.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted that the WIV was “just a few miles” from the live animal market that Chinese authorities were quick to pinpoint as the source of the outbreak.
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