Beijing airport bomber's 'mistreatment' case reopened

Security officials in the Guangdong city of Dongguan have been ordered to reopen the case into an alleged beating eight years ago that paralysed a motorcycle taxi driver who set off a home-made bomb in protest at Beijing's airport on Saturday.

The Public Security Bureau in Guangdong asked the Dongguan branch to carry out a thorough investigation into mistreatment claimed by Ji Zhongxing, the bomber, and his ensuing petitions, the national broadcaster CCTV reported yesterday, adding that the probe was already under way.

Ji, a 34-year-old Shandong native, detonated the home-made explosive in Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport on Saturday evening, injuring only himself.

Video of the explosion at Beijing's airport. Warning: contains graphic images

The wheelchair-bound petitioner had complained earlier in his weibo account about being beaten and left paralysed in Dongguan by security officials for allegedly trying to evade a random check while driving a motorcycle taxi in the city eight years ago.

The Dongguan petitions office issued a statement hours after the explosion stating that in March 2010 police in the city had given 100,000 yuan (HK$125,000) to Ji, who promised to drop any claims , according to the Guangzhou-based Yangcheng Evening News.