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China police bust "shadow army" for planning public attacks

Xinhua, November 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese police have arrested seven suspects for making explosives and planning to detonate them to cause turmoil in a "shadow army" farce.

The case dates back to March when police in south China's Guangdong Province received online tip-offs of a person trying to start a "shadow army" via social-networking platforms in order to carry out sabotage activities, police said.

Ensuing investigations identified the person as 41-year-old Xiang Fengxuan, who had been in jail for five years for theft and had "far greater political ambitions" than the laundry service he opened after his jail time.

According to the police, Xiang claimed that he planned to overthrow the current system through armed rebellion to walk the path of a "democratic constitution" and attempted to recruit those who agreed with his idea in various online chat groups by promising free accommodations and high positions after he became "president."

By the time of arrest, the group was already making explosives and planned to kidnap rich people and fund their activities with ransom, before eventually triggering explosions in the public. Endi