Murder of Dafa Practitioner Gu Xiuxian and Others as a Result of Torture at the Hands of Shuangcheng City Police

February 12 is Shuangcheng City's Falun Dafa Day. Since February 11, 2004, the authorities have conducted a wide-ranging raid on practitioners. Prior to March 10, more than fifty Dafa practitioners were arrested illegally. Most of them were abducted from home in rural areas. Three Dafa practitioners are known to have died in custody. Ms. Gu Xiuxian, age 35 or 36, a resident of Shuangcheng City, was tortured to death during a tube force-feeding. The details of the other two deaths are waiting to be investigated.

Dafa practitioner Ms. Liu Guangzhen, 41 years old, was abducted on February 28 at home. She is from Shuangcheng City and went on a hunger strike to protest the illegal detention. She was then subjected to force-feeding. Four days later her esophagus was punctured, and her life is in danger.

The Shuangcheng City Police Department leadership is undergoing redeployment. They held secret meetings, planning massive arrests of Dafa practitioners in violation of the law.

Information on persecutors in Shuangcheng City:

Jiang Hongwei, Head of Shuangcheng City Propaganda Department and also head of the "610 Office."(1) This person actively promoted brainwashing sessions to persecute Dafa practitioners; 86-451-53136789 (Home), 86-451-53127750 (Office), 86-13936022121 (mobile)

Li Xueliang, Shuangcheng City Party Committee Secretary: 86-451-53127673 (Home), 86-451-53165866 (Office), 86-13804611785 (mobile)

Zhang Guofu, Deputy Head of Shuangcheng City Police Department, in charge of Falun Gong affairs: 86-451-53115778 (Home), 86-451-53115596 (Office), 86-13503667077 (mobile)

Home address: No. 501, Unit 2, Police Department Residential Compound, Dongmenwai of Shuangcheng Town, Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province, zip code: 150100

Jin Wanzhi (female, in her 40's), head of Shuangcheng City No. 2 Detention Centre: 86-451-53117733(Office), 86-13945630362(mobile)

Home address: No. 201, Unit 2, Police Department Residential Compound, Dongmenwai of Shuangcheng Town, Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province, zip code: 150100

Dong Huiqun, deputy head of the Politics and Law Branch, 86-451-53117733 (Office), 86-451-53122377 (Home), 86-13704889707 (mobile)

(1) The 610 Office is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political or judicial systems.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/5/4/73812.html