After several instances of being interrogated while locked onto an iron chair used for death row prisoners, a veteran Chinese journalist and photographer decided to leave China.
On August 4, Zhao Lanjian described to the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times his experiences in dealing with Chinese national security. He said, “The environment is bad. I’m a human being, I vote with my feet.”
He became the target of local police and national security agents after posting online his investigation of the chained woman of Xuzhou, which exposed the lies of the authorities about the case.
Zhao described how he felt when he was sitting on the iron chair, which he said is very heavy, “That iron chair is really scary.”…