【新唐人2014年03月26日讯】发生在中共两会前夕的“山西3.1特大隧道爆炸事故”，瞒报风波还没有平息，最近再度曝出“灭口”传闻。据大陆媒体报导，爆炸事故现场的第一目击人——山西高速的一名交警，在被当地检察院约谈后的第二天身亡，尸体被发现在高架桥下。虽然官方声称死者是“自杀坠亡”，但这种说法遭到了民间的舆论强烈质疑。
据大陆媒体《华夏时报》报导，3月21号下午3点，山西高速路政部门在巡查时发现，位于山西晋济高速公路的一座300米高的高架桥下，一名男子疑似坠亡。后经调查证实，死者是山西高速的一名执勤交警，名叫侯昱。在前不久发生的“山西晋济高速隧道特大爆炸事故”中，侯昱最先赶赴现场，是事故现场的第一目击人。
据死者家属透露，3月20号上午9点，晋城市检察院将侯昱叫走谈话，下午5点才将他放回。回家后，侯昱压力很大，整晚睡不着觉，他对家人说：要出大事了，第二天下午3点，侯昱就被发现在高速公路高架桥下“坠亡”。
对于第一目击人侯昱的死亡，目前官方的解释更倾向于自杀，但诸多疑点令民间纷纷猜测，侯昱更加有可能是死于他杀。大陆门口网站《网易》新闻多达十多万的评论，更是一面倒的痛斥当局杀人灭口，掩盖真相。由于民愤过大，一些网站不得不紧急关闭了评论。
山西大同市民王建：“怀疑、很怀疑，至少这个事儿太巧合了。现在我个人如果看的话，肯定有什么猫腻吧，那么大的事故，这么巧合的事情发生了，肯定跟贪污腐败有关了。”
山西大同市民王利君：“只要你知道真相，迟早要灭你的口！一些事情，它知道不会公开的。它管你警察嘞！它有事是不管你警察嘞！”
也有一部分观点认为，侯昱之所以“被自杀”，也许与爆炸事故发生后的瞒报风波有关。当时恰逢中共“两会”即将召开，山西当局对爆炸事故进行了一贯的“低调处理”，在3月5号对外声称死亡人数只有13人，还通过中宣部向全中国媒体下达了报导禁令。
但之后不久，官媒《新华网》的消息却说，国务院事故调查组在山西召开的全体会议上透露，事故共造成31人死亡，9人失踪，死亡数字远远超过了之前山西当局公布的数字，因此引发了舆论对于山西当局瞒报真实伤亡人数的质疑。
山西晋中网民作诗讽刺：“特大事故被隐瞒，不知谁人有此胆。百姓生死当儿戏，可知朝中有狗官。”
不少网民认为，侯昱很可能向调查组透露了﹕山西当局试图隐瞒的事故真相和死亡人数，因此遭到了报复。
尽管民间对侯昱死亡原因说法不一，但这些质疑都存在一个共同点，就是:侯昱的死亡不排除他杀的可能性，并且极有可能与中共当局有关。
北京时政观察人士华颇：“他为什么如此的脆弱呢？检察院谈了一次话，他就不想活了。他的死因非常蹊跷，不排除他杀的可能。”
原河南省新乡市公安局干警何祖华：“从我切身体会来讲，这个事从表面看起来就是一个不正常现象。一个目击的警察，被约谈过之后就出现这种情况的话，到底他是真正的自杀啊，或者其他原因啊，因为咱们最近这段时期，很多地方都出现这种情况，被自杀或者是被失踪啊，太多太多了。”
有网民感慨，“中共对自己人也开始下手了！”。但曾经在中共体制内工作过的，原河南省新乡市公安局干警何祖华则指出，中共当局用警察做替罪羊，进行迫害的事件非常普遍。
何祖华：“我们现在全国性的蒙冤公、检、法、司这个集体，里边有公安、检察、法官、还有司法警察，我们这些人尚且遭到司法腐败的迫害，更何况老百姓？所以说这种事，对于我来讲，已经是再正常不过了，因为这种事全国太多了。”
也有网民警告说：“还在替邪恶集团卖命的人，你们要认清形势，有一天坠亡也是你的下场！”
采访编辑/张天宇 后制/萧宇
Shanxi Tunnel Explosion: Police Witness Dies Under Suspicious Circumstances
On March 1, there was a severe
explosion in a tunnel in Shanxi.
This occurred before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Two Sessions, and news about the incident was suppressed.
Reports have started to emerge that one witness
to the explosion, a traffic police officer, died the day
after being interviewed by the local procuratorate.
His body was reportedly found under a viaduct.
A report by state-controlled China Times stated
that on March 21 at 3pm, the Shanxi highway
administration department found the body of a man.
The body was found under a 300 meter high viaduct,
and the man is suspected to have fallen to his death.
After an investigation, it was confirmed that the
man was a traffic police officer called Hou Yu.
Hou Yu was the first witness on the scene of
the recent highway tunnel explosion in Shanxi.
According to his family, Hou was requested to speak
with Jincheng City Procuratorate at 9am on March 20.
Hou was released at 5pm, and reportedly when he
returned home, he couldn’t sleep, felt large pressure,
and said there will be major events happening.
The following day, Hou’s body was discovered.
Official reports are treating Hou Yu’s death as suicide.
However, there are many doubts over this conclusion,
and suggestions that he might have been murdered.
Chinese news website ‘NetEase’ has seen
tens of thousands of comments on this story.
Large numbers of comments criticize the CCP
for covering up the truth about Hou Yu’s murder.
As public anger grows, some websites have
been shut down through internet censorship.
Wang Jian, Shanxi Datong citizen: “I strongly
suspect that this incident is too coincidental.
I personally believe there must be something
underhanded for such a severe accident to occur.
It must have something to do with corruption."
Wang Lijun, Shanxi Datong citizen: “As long as you know
the truth, you will be killed sooner or later, to silence you.
Certain things will not be published. It
does not matter if you are the police or not."
Reports suggest Hou Yu’s death might be connected
to concealing information about the explosion, as it
coincided with the CCP Two Sessions on March 5.
Official Shanxi reports claimed only 13 people died.
The Central Propaganda Department issued a
media ban, inhibiting reporting on the incident.
Subsequently, state-media Xinhua News said that a
State Department accident investigation found that 31
people had been killed in the explosion, with 9 missing.
These numbers far exceeded numbers
released by the Shanxi authorities report.
This has brought further doubts
over the real number of casualties.
A netizen from Jinzhong, Shanxi wrote of the incident:
“The severe incident was covered up, I wonder who dared
to do it? People’s lives are treated like playing with toys."
Many netizens believe that Hou Yu might have revealed
the truth about the incident to the investigation group.
He may also have revealed the real number of deaths,
which the Shanxi authorities tried to cover up.
They think that this is why he suffered reprisal.
Public opinion differs about why Hou was
murdered, but all agree he was murdered,
and may well be connected to the authorities.
Hua Po, Beijing politics commentator: “Why was
Hou so fragile after one talk with the Procuratorate?
Why would he not want to live after speaking with them?
His death is very strange and does
not exclude the possibility of homicide."
He Zuhua, former police officer, Xinxiang City
Public Security Bureau, Henan Province: “From
my own experience, this thing isn’t normal at all.
Recently, there have been similar incidents
in many places, with many individuals being
committed suicide or being disappeared."
Some netizens lamented that “the CCP
has started dealing with their own people!"
He Zuhua, who has worked within the CCP
system pointed out, it is very common that the
CCP authorities persecute police as a scapegoat.
He Zuhua: “Even police, judges, and secret police
who work within the Public Security Bureau’s,
Procuratorate, and Judiciary are persecuted.
That is not to mention the ordinary citizens.
This kind of incident, for me, is very normal, as
there are many similar things that happen in China."
Netizens warn: “Those who are still sacrificing their
lives for the CCP need to understand the situation.
One day, it may be them dropping to their death."
Interview & Edit/Zhang Tianyu Post-Production/Xiao Yu
