one of hu's employees, the security guard gong chengzhang, was on duty that day. he got involved in a fight with the angry workers. the police came and arrested him. >> a few days after my arrest they took me to be interrogated. the only thing the police wanted was for me to implicate my boss, businessman hu, and say he'd ordered me to beat up the workers. >> when gong chengzhang failed to testify against his boss he was held in jail for eight months. hu's troubles continued. sometimes the electricity was turned off, or broken water pipes were not repaired. the police repeatedly came by and harassed the small storeowners. more and more of them closed down their shops. >> the regrettable thing is that a single person -- this chief of police -- has so much power to do so much harm. he managed to prevent my business from developing and caused me great financial losses. it's really sad. >> the police chief has since been dismissed, but the shop owners who were driven away have not come back. suing for damages is not an option in china. the party functionaries protect