Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Shi Biao from Zhejiang Province Beaten to Death by "610 Office" Workers

Mr. Shi Biao, 35 years old, was a Falun Dafa practitioner from Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province. He went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa in 2000, and was brutally beaten, detained, and extorted money by the police. He was forbidden to have visitors. His whole body was swollen and covered with purple bruises, and he suffered internal injury in his chest. His condition worsened after he was released, and he died on December 17, 2003. He is survived by his wife, who has no permanent job, and a young son.

Jinyun County 610 Office (1) officials instructed the County Legal Bureau to hold brainwashing classes in 2001 and 2003. They selected government officials from each department and formed a group to abduct practitioners to the brainwashing classes. They always abducted practitioners secretly in the middle of the night, and forced them to read, listen to or watch materials against Falun Gong. Firmly cultivating practitioners were sent to forced labour camps or prisons.

They repeatedly tortured practitioners, both physically and mentally, and had them sentenced to forced labour or prison. They beat practitioners at will, and tortured them with cruel means. Some practitioners had bruised noses and swollen eyes that could not see clearly. One practitioner was ordered to kneel on a stick for several days, was not allowed to eat, sleep or use the toilet. His legs were bleeding, and the stick had been pressed into his legs, but he was still not allowed to go. He suffered a mental collapse afterwards. Some practitioners were brutally beaten by more than a dozen young men at a time.

Note:

(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 and judiciary systems.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/4/14/99591.html