Sun Zhigang incident
Death of a migrant worker in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Sun Zhigang, the Guizhou party secretary.
The Sun Zhigang incident (Chinese: 孙志刚事件) refers to the 2003 death of the migrant worker Sun Zhigang in Guangzhou, as a result of physical abuse he suffered while being detained under China's custody and repatriation (C&R) system. The case received massive attention in the media and on the Internet in China, resulting in the abolition of the C&R system by the national government.