Tiananmen Square victim's father kills himself
(AP in Beijing) The father of a man killed in the 1989 Tiananmen square crackdown has hanged himself in protest after two decades of failed attempts to seek government redress, a support group said Monday.
The group, known as the Tiananmen Mothers, said 73-year-old Ya Weilin's body was found in an underground parking garage below his residential complex in Beijing. He was believed to have killed himself on Friday.
An obituary the group posted on its website said that according to Ya's family, he had carried a note that detailed his son's death and declared that he would die in protest because the issue had not been addressed for more than 20 years.
Beijing police did not immediately respond to a faxed request for comment.
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