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He contacted Chen's brother and sister-in-law, Chen Guangfu and Ren Zongju, who apparently didn't believe the news at first.
BBC: The Great Escape
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The nephew is now suffering from appendicitis, and it is unclear if he's receiving any medical care, his father Chen Guangfu said.
WSJ: Chinese activist's brother says he was beaten
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Unidentified people hurled bricks and bottles at Chen Guangfu's home early Tuesday, the U.S.-based monitoring and lobbying group China Aid Association reported.
WSJ: Chen Guangcheng's nephew denied medical parole
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Chen Guangfu said he believes local government officials are behind the harassment.
WSJ: Chinese activist's brother says he was beaten
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Separately, Chen Guangfu told the BBC that his home had been attacked.
BBC: Health fears for Chen Guangcheng's nephew
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Already, after speaking about his torture, Chen Guangfu has, according to one lawyer, been warned by local authorities that his family may not be treated leniently.
BBC: The Great Escape
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"They wouldn't allow me to see him, " said Chen Guangfu.
WSJ: Chen Guangcheng's nephew denied medical parole
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Chen Guangfu said he was followed by a black car without a license plate while he was on a motor-scooter visiting a relative in another village in Shandong province.
WSJ: Chinese activist's brother says he was beaten
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Chen's brother Chen Guangfu gave the iSun Affairs reporter a detailed account of the two days and three nights of the torture he says local officials inflicted on him.
BBC: The Great Escape
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Chen Guangfu said Tuesday that he tried to see his son again on Monday at Linyi prison but was rebuffed and told Kegui's application for medical parole was denied.
WSJ: Chen Guangcheng's nephew denied medical parole
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Kegui was sentenced to three years in prison, and on the one monthly prison visit he's allowed, Kegui told his father, Chen Guangfu, last Thursday he was in pain and had appendicitis, according to the Washington-based prisoner advocacy group Freedom Now.
WSJ: Chen Guangcheng's nephew denied medical parole