Sun Haixiang (孙海洋), a rights defender in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, writes of a recent ordeal of attempted abduction. Sun has been beaten many times by thugs for reporting illegal gambling. On May 3, 2012, Sun was then beaten harshly by bailiffs from the Shenhe District People's Court. On May 9, 2012, he went to the Huangcheng Substation of the Shenhe District Public Security Bureau and requested an examination by a medicolegal expert due to the injuries he sustained from the bailiffs. He was told to wait and went to stand outside the substation. After he exited, three unidentified men suddenly appeared and dragged him to a nearby parked car. Sun screamed for help and officers rushed out to bring him back into the substation. Sun attempted to file a complaint of abduction, but the substation refused, citing that the men had claimed that Sun had borrowed 30,000 yuan, despite having no evidence of the transaction.