Mr. Zhou Qingtian was retired from the Shaanxi Province Xi'an City Chang'an District Party Committee. He was illegally sent to Shaanxi Zaozihe Labour Camp in 2002 to be "reeducated through forced labour" for one year. During this period, the police ordered some drug addicts to torture him by piercing his fingers with steel needles.

He was released from the labour camp, yet again Mr. Zhou was arrested in 2004. In July 2004 he was tortured to death by Xi'an police. No further details are available yet.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/10/28/87807.html