Mr. Xu Xiwang, 53, Dies after Injection Given at Brainwashing Centre

Name: Xu Xiwang
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Address: Liuxi Village, Xinzhou District, Wuhan
Occupation: Newspaper vendor
Date of Death: November 9th, 2012
Date of Most Recent Arrest: March 18th, 2011
Most Recent Place of Detention: Liuji Brainwashing Centre
City: Wuhan
Province: Hubei
Persecution Suffered: Brainwashing, forced injections/drug administration, beatings, home ransacked

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xu Xiwang was disabled since childhood. His left arm was smaller and weaker than his right arm and was disabled. He was arrested and taken to Liuji Brainwashing Centre on March 18th, 2011. He was severely beaten and injected with unknown drugs. Immediately after the injection, he became totally incontinent and delirious. He could not even recognize his acquaintances. Mr. Xu died on November 9th, 2012, at the age of only 53.

Mr. Xu started practising Falun Gong in 1996 and saw improvements to his health and general well-being. He then started to make a living selling newspapers.

After the Communist regime started suppressing Falun Gong in 1999, Mr. Xu was held at a detention centre at least twice, twice held at a brainwashing centre, and was subjected to constant intimidation because he was steadfast in practising Falun Gong.

At 5:00 a.m. on March 18th, 2011, Mr. Xu and his neighbours woke up from a loud sound. Officers from the local police station, comprehensive management office, and 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) battered and kicked on the door and windows of Mr. Xu's home. More than 10 officers broke into the home and forced Mr. Xu into the police car. His home was a mess after the ransacking.

In Liuji Brainwashing Centre, two inmates were assigned to monitor Mr. Xu. They pretended to be kind to him at first, helping him with his daily needs. However, when Mr. Xu refused to comply with their demands, they began to punch and kick him. They even hit his head so hard with a shoe that he saw stars.

The brainwashing center injected Mr. Xu with unknown drugs as part of a “physical exam.” After being given two injections in the blood vessels on the inside of his elbow, Mr. Xu became delirious, his brain stopped working, and he had memory loss. He could not walk properly, his limbs began to shake uncontrollably, and he kept swaying from side to side.

Mr. Xu was released on March 29th, 2011, but because he feared being arrested again, he left home. After being tortured in custody for just 12 days, Mr. Xu was so adversely affected that he could no longer recognize an of his acquaintances.

Liuji Brainwashing Centre was established specifically to detain and persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Many practitioners have been persecuted there since 1999. Each practitioner is assigned several collaborators (former practitioners, brainwashed against Falun Gong, made to assist in brainwashing and torturing practitioners), who have been ordered to monitor the practitioner's every movement: when visiting the washroom, going for meals, and even while asleep. Practitioners have no freedom. They cannot do the exercises or talk to others, and they are forced to watch videos defaming Falun Gong and Teacher Li, the founder of Falun Gong. They are ordered to write essays defaming Falun Gong and write guarantee statements to say that they will not practise Falun Gong anymore. If they refuse to comply with these demands, practitioners are shouted and sworn at, beaten, and even tortured with solitary confinement, sleep deprivation, enforced brainwashing, etc.

Earlier report:

Mr. Xu Xiwang Arrested and Injected with Unknown Drugs (http://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2011/4/16/124438.html