68 Year Old Mr. Ding Yuezhao from Anqiu City, Shandong Province Passed Away after Being Tortured

Name: Ding Yuezhao
Gender: Male
Age: 68
Address: Bingmaying Village, Wangjiazhuangzi Town, Anqiu City
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: October 2nd, 2011
Date of Most Recent Arrest: December 20th, 2009
Most Recent Place of Detention: Anqiu Detention Centre
City: Anqiu
Province: Shandong
Persecution Suffered: Electric shock, beatings, imprisonment, torture, physical restraint, detention

Mr. Ding Yuezhao from Anqiu City, Shandong Province was arrested in December 2009 and tortured at the Anqiu Detention Centre. He was on the verge of death as a result of the torture. He was still harassed even after returning home. He passed away on October 2nd.

Mr. Ding suffered from severe epilepsy prior to practising Falun Gong. After practising Falun Gong he became healthy and full of energy, like a new person.

On December 20th, 2009, Mr. Ding was arrested by officers from the Anqiu 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and the Domestic Security Team. At the Anqiu Detention Centre, he was bound to an iron chair and tortured. Officers slapped him in the face and kicked him fiercely. They pierced Mr. Ding's fingertips with needles, then they slammed his hands to the ground with the needles still in them. They also shocked him with electric batons while he was bound to the iron chair.

During the detention, the officers from the 610 Office and the Domestic Security Team ordered the inmates to abuse Mr. Ding. The inmates beat him, swore at him, and deprived him of food and water. They also attempted to force him renounce Falun Gong. Later on, Mr. Ding was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

As a result of the torture he was subjugated to, Mr. Ding was on the verge of death before finally being released. However, the officers still routinely went to his home to harass him. Mr. Ding passed away on October 2nd, 2011.

Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began its suppression of Falun Gong in July 1999, the Anqiu 610 Office and the Domestic Security Team have persisted in actively arresting Falun Gong practitioners. They torture the practitioners and have been responsible for many deaths including Mr. Su Baolan from Wangjiazhuangzi Town, Mr. Zhang Wenliang from Jingzhi Town, and Ms. Li Xiuzhen from Hongshagou Town, among many others.

People involved in the persecution:
Hu Shaoqun, head of the Anqiu 610 Office: +86-13562696051
Song Guiwang, chief of the Anqiu Domestic Security Team
Lou Zhongmin, deputy chief of the Anqiu Domestic Security Team

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2011/11/13/249171..html