Veteran Soldier Arrested for Trying to Rescue His Mother Dies in Police Custody

Name: Chen Xiangru
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Address: N/A
Occupation: employee of Hongguang Factory of Nanxi County in Yibin

Date of Death: August 8th, 2009
Most Recent Place of Detention: Nanxi County Shelter
City: Yibin
Province: Sichuan
Persecution suffered: Detention

Ms. Ren Zhaoxia was an employee of the Nanxi Hongguang Chemical Factory. On January 23rd, 2009, Ms. Ren Zhaoxia was arrested by the local 610 Office¹ and the National Security Brigade. She was sent to Yibin City Detention Centre. This was the fourth time she had been taken away by the authorities for her belief in Falun Gong. Previously, she had been imprisoned for a year in a forced labour camp.

Her son, Mr. Chen Xiangru, went to the detention centre to request his mother's release. The Chinese Communist Party officials then tried to arrest him. As a result, he was forced to quit his job and rent a room in Nanxi. On July 20th, 2009, Mr. Chen Xiangru was arrested and detained in the Nanxi Detention Centre. On August 8th, 2009, he died under unknown circumstances. Further details of his death are being investigated.

Phone numbers of related personnel:

Pan Zhonglong, chief of Nanxi National Security Brigade, 86-13568119333 (Mobile)
Yi Qiang, chief of Nanxi "610 Office," 86-13909093428 (Mobile)
Li Zeming, policeman of National Security Brigade, 86-13508199218 (Mobile)
Nanxi County National Security Brigade (610 Office): 86-831-3334611
Chen Hualun and Chen Hongying, police officers at the 610 Office
Nanxi County Detention Centre: 86-831-3334790
Nanxi Procuratorate: 86-831-3322904

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://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2009/9/5/207759.html