Sun Lin, a former citizen journalist for networks like the US-based , was widely recognized for his investigative reporting on human rights violations and for his advocacy work. Witnesses in the neighborhood reported hearing a commotionbetween the journalist, who also went by the pen name ‘Jie Mu,’ and the national security officers during the early afternoon of Nov. 17. Sun was subsequently rushed to the Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 5:45 p.m. Doctors at the hospital confirmed that his clothes were torn and in disarray when he arrived.
Source: Written by Erika Di Benedetto, 2023-11-29; https://www.occrp.org/en/daily//en/daily/18258-report-chinese-police-kill-dissident-journalist