Ms. Zhou Huimin Dies in Police Custody in Sichuan Province

On the evening of September 26th, 2007, officers from Shengdeng Police Station and the Domestic Security Division of Chenghua District Police Department arrested Ms. Zhou Huimin. The police ransacked her home and she was then taken to the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre. Later she was detained at the Chengdu City Detention Centre. On February 1st, 2008, the Domestic Security Division of Wuhou District Police Department issued an "arrest warrant" for Ms. Zhou, although she had already been in custody for five months. She went on hunger strike to protest the persecution.

On February 5th, guards took her to the Qingyang District People's Hospital. Some people heard her calling out in a clear voice, "Falun Gong is great!"

On March 10th, a friend of Ms. Zhou heard a Domestic Security Agent of Wuhou District Police Department say that Ms. Zhou was dying. State Security agents in Sichuan Province Police Department ordered that she not be released. The police replied, "Let her die where she is." Ms. Zhou died at 5:30 a.m. on March 13th, 2008.

Ms. Zhou was arrested six times since July 1999, and she was detained three times at the Sichuan Province (Nanmusi) Women's Forced Labour Camp. She endured all sorts of torture and spent a total of 856 days in detention. From September 7th to September 19th, 2002, she was tortured in Qingyang District Hospital. From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day she was handcuffed and shackled.

There have been eight confirmed deaths of Falun Gong practitioners in the Qingyang District Hospital during their detainment. The recorded cause of their deaths states,"hunger strike resulting in organ failure."

Sichuan Province State Security Department Director Sun Jichang (male): 85 Qingjiangdong Street, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, zip 610072
Chengdu City State Security Division Director Tang Yuanzhong (male): 55 Xierhuan Street, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, zip 610041
Wuhou District Police Department Director Yang Chongyou (male), CCP Director Wang Feng (male)
Domestic Security Division of Wuhou District Police Department: 86-28-86406628
Chengdu City Detention Centre: P.O. Box 227, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, zip 611731
Qingyang District People's Hospital: 86-28-86633874 or 86642003
Chenghua District Police Department Director Mu Jiping (male), CCP Director Lin Jian (male)
Domestic Security Division of Chenghua District Police Department: 3rd Fuqing Street Second Section, Suite No. 28, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, zip 610051
Chendu City Shengdeng Police Station: 86-28-84342353
Xinjin Brainwashing Centre Chengdu City Legal Education Centre, Caiwan Village, Huaqiao Community, Xinjin Town, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, zip 611400

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/3/21/174793.html