E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.6 page 59 about Chen Guangcheng’s situation to foreign reporters, were reportedly detained. On 24 October, two other Beijing scholars and friends of Chen Guangcheng went to visit him. As Chen ran out to greet them, he was stopped and beaten by more than 20 men stationed outside. 17. Since the Rapporteur’s mission, the following has been reported that on 2 February 2006, Chen Hua, a neighbor and relative of Chen Guangcheng, reportedly protested the house-arrest of Chen Guangcheng to the security guards in front of the latter’s home. Chen Hua was assaulted and arrested two days later. Although no detention order was shown to him or his family, he was held at the Xishan Public Security Detention Centre at Yinan County, Yilin City, Shandong Province until 12 February 2006. On 5 February, more than 200 villagers protested the Chen Hua’s detention and Chen Guangcheng’s house arrest. Some villagers attacked two police vehicles. However, the protest turned violent when the Police threw stones at villagers, causing several injuries, and then refused to take them to hospitals in nearby towns. The Public Security Bureau accused Chen Hua’s wife, Chen Dengju, and other villagers of destroying public property, chasing “militia members” and Government officials, and overturning police cars. Police posted notices on 14 February threatening villagers who participated in the protest with “serious punishment” unless they came forward to “confess.” On 15 February, Chen Guangcheng’s wife Yuan Weijing was beaten up by guards hired by the village communist party secretary, when she set out for the food market. She was pushed into a ditch and received serious injuries to her liver but was unable to receive medical attention. -----