By HOU LIQIANG in Qiaojiazhuang, Shanxi and XU WEI in Beijing Police have identii ed a fam- ily member as the key suspect in a shocking case in which the eyes of a 6-year-old boy were gouged out.存倉However, he boy’s parents and neighbors are skeptical of the accusation.Zhang Huiying, 41, the boy’saunt, was identii ed by police as the suspect at er DNA test- ing showed the victim’s blood was found on her clothes, police in the city of Linfen said late on Tuesday.h e boy, Guo Bin, was lured by an unknown woman into a i eld near his home in Fenxi county, Linfen, on the evening of Aug 24, and was found later with both eyes missing.h e case shocked the nation for its cruelty, and the boy’squestion at er he was taken to hospital, “Why does the sky remain dark?” touched the hearts of many people.Police later found the boy’seyes and said they had exclud- ed the possibility of organ traf- i cking, and put up a reward of 100,000 yuan ($16,300) for clues leading to the capture of the suspect.Zhang, who worked at a chicken farm, is reported to have committed suicide by jumping into a well in her yard on Friday.However, the police identi- i cation of Zhang as the sus- pect was a surprise to many, including her neighbors and the boy’s father, and they ques- tion both the aunt’s motive and the boy’s failure to identify her as the attacker.Guo Zhiping, the boy’sRussianfather, said the police never told him the result of the inves- tigation, and he only found out about it from media reports.“It came as a shock. I still don’t believe it,” he said on Wednesday.He also denied media reports that his family con- l icted with his brother’s fam- ily over providing support to their paralyzed father, saying the two families maintained “OK” relations.He also insisted the boy would have identified his aunt if she had committed the crime.As of Wednesday, the police in Linfen were yet to release more details about the case, including Zhang’s possible motive.A ‘good wife’The result of the police investigation also shocked neighbors who knew Zhang well and recalled her as kind and quiet.Liu Lanzhi, a 58-year-old neighbor, said Zhang was a “very good wife” and very timid.“I will never believe this was done by her. I don’t believe it, 100 percent,” she said.Liu said she never heard of any conl ict between the two families and said the aunt even tried a superstitious ritual to bring back the boy’s soul after the attack. Some locals believe a person’s soul is lost when they are scared by such extreme circumstances.However, the police inves- tigation and the arrival of reporters terrii ed her, which Liu said reflected her timid nature.“She could be scared by just the sound of a cup dropping,”she said.h e two families had a very good relationship with each other, according to a neighbor, who lived less than 100 meters away from Zhang Huiying’shome, and who is also sur- named Zhang but no relation to her.“They often took the veg- etables they grew to the boy’sfamily. If they harbored any dislike for each other, I don’tthink that would happen,” the 38-year-old man said.Zhang Huiying was bit- ten by a snake before she was married and the injury trau- matized her, he said. “She was very timid. h e sound of thun- der could keep her awake all night,” the neighbor said.She even fainted six years ago when hearing that one of Guo Bin’s elder sisters died at er f迷你倉lling into a well.“Even if she had the inten- tion, was she physically capa- ble of committing the brutal act? I highly doubt that,” he said.“She was easygoing and nev- er argued with her husband or others. She was dei nitely a good wife,” said Guo Liangbao, a 63-year-old neighbor.Life in the dark “This is Guangtouqiang.h is is a big bear. h is is Ultra- man…” muttered Guo Bin, who is receiving treatment at a hospital in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi, as he tried to identi- fy toys donated to him by vol- unteers on Tuesday night. He guessed correctly each time.While playing with his new toys, he also occasionally lis- tened to stories played on a tape recorder or on toys with a broadcast function.h is is how the 6-year-old boy occupies himself 10 days at er the vicious attack, resting in hospital on an intravenous drip and having eye drops applied every two hours.Piled up in the corner of the ward are l owers, fruit, snacks and other git s.Guo Bin, however, does not know what is happening out- side his hospital ward, apart from a few sounds, such as knocks on his door.He has had visitors from all around Shanxi and even from Hebei, Shandong, Hubei and other provinces far from Tai- yuan.However, he cannot bear any long separation from his mother.“Mum! Mum!” he calls if she leaves his side for long.So many people have visited that the hospital has arranged security guards on duty 24 hours a day to prevent too many people from entering and to ensure a quiet environ- ment for the patient.Some visitors simply come, hand over what they call a “little something” and leave without saying who they are.On a chair by the door is a notebook Guo Bin’s parents are using to keep a record of the names of donors and the amount of their donations.Guo Zhiping, the father, said the family has received 1 mil- lion yuan in donations since the attack became public.Guo Bin has still not been told that he has permanently lost his eyesight.“When can I go to school?”he asked, and occasionally, “Why can’t I see now?”His uncle, Wang Yuji, some- times joked with the boy, say- ing, “Once you can see, you will see your mother. And your mother will probably blame you and spank you.”He added that the family is more concerned about the psychological scars the child may suf er than the physical ones.Late on Wednesday, doc- tors told China News Ser- vice that Guo Bin has recov- ered well and is already i t enough to be discharged from the hospital. Implant- ing artificial eyes could be done as early as a month from now, they said.h e family decided to accept surgery to implant artificial eyes at er they were visited by a team of three Hong Kong experts on Sunday, who said there is a possibility Guo Bin could regain some sense of light by implanting electronic ocular prostheses at a hospi- tal in Hong Kong, his mother, Wang Wenl i , said.However, they have yet to decide where to have the sur- gery.“He is still quite young. If he was born without eyesight, that might not be too cruel for him. But he could see before and now, suddenly, he can’tsee. h at could be unbearable for him, or even for us adults,”said Wang. “We will do any- thing and go anywhere so long as he can gain a little sense of light in his life.”Contact the writers at houliqiang@chinadaily.com.cn and xuwei@chinadaily.com.cn Cheng Hong and Sun Ruish- eng in Taiyuan contributed to this story.自存倉
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