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BEIJING: Three Chinese policemen went on trial on Monday over the fatal beating of a female migrant worker, a court said, a case that sparked an online outcry about violence by law enforcers.Zhou Xiuyun, 47, was assaulted by the police at a construction site in Taiyuan in December as she

By our correspondents
May 19, 2015
BEIJING: Three Chinese policemen went on trial on Monday over the fatal beating of a female migrant worker, a court said, a case that sparked an online outcry about violence by law enforcers.
Zhou Xiuyun, 47, was assaulted by the police at a construction site in Taiyuan in December as she tried to prevent officers taking away her husband and son over a dispute with security guards, according to previous media reports.