Police in Beijing have detained a woman whose son died in police custody during the military crackdown on the 1989 democracy movement on Tiananmen Square.
Tang Deying was detained after she traveled to the capital to pursue a compensation claim for her son's death, according to a close associate identified by her surname Zhou.
"We are seeking compensation from the state," said Zhou, who accompanied Tang to Beijing after a high court in the southwestern province of Sichuan turned down her landmark compensation lawsuit earlier this month.
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The Nov. 11 decision by the Sichuan Provincial High People's Court was the first official denial of a formal claim for compensation for those who died or were maimed at the hands of People's Liberation Army troops in Beijing.
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