Medical Doctor Ms. Gong Hui Dies as Direct Result of Forced Labour

Name: Gong Hui
Gender: Female
Age: 57
Address: Nankai District, Tianjin City
Occupation: Medical Doctor
Date of Death: December 4th, 2009
Date of Most Recent Arrest: August 13th, 2008
Most Recent Place of Detention: Banqiao Women's Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin City
City: Tianjin
Persecution Suffered: Electric shock, sleep deprivation, forced labour, brainwashing, beatings, solitary confinement, torture, physical restraint, home ransacked, interrogation, detention, denial of toilet use

Ms. Gong was a doctor, but she could not help being very sick before she started cultivating Falun Gong. Only three months after Ms. Gong started practising Falun Gong, all of her illnesses disappeared. She looked exuberant and at least a decade younger.

Ms. Gong was arrested on August 13th, 2008, during the Beijing Olympics, by the local police and Domestic Security officers. She was detained in the Nankai District Detention Centre for 35 days then taken to the Banqiao Forced Labour Camp in Dagang District on September 17th, 2008, where she was held in complete isolation for an extended period of time. She was deprived of all basic rights and kept isolated from the outside world. The guards instigated inmates to viciously beat and curse her, along with other practitioners who refused to give up their belief in Falun Gong. Ms. Gong was held in a small cell, ordered to stand for extended hours, deprived of sleep, and given insufficient meals. The purpose of the torture was to coerce her and other practitioners to give up their Falun Gong practice.

On November 9th, 2008, the guards and inmates started a torture session at 9:00 a.m., and it continued until 11:00 p.m., at which point Ms. Gong was on the verge of death. Torture of similar severity is commonplace, resulting in death or mental collapse of numerous practitioners.

Within three months of being held in the Banqiao Forced Labour Camp, she became emaciated and suffered from numerous illnesses. She even had a hard time speaking. On November 25th, her family vehemently condemned the labour camp guards for their brutality. They clearly pointed out to the guards that the so-called "complete isolation" approach of torture is against the law. The female guards were terrified to face the charges. The guards called in Zhang, who is in charge of Second Section, and directly responsible for the torture. She knew that she acted unlawfully and left in a hurry after a brief argument.

Ms. Gong was tortured in the Banqiao Women's Forced Labour Camp for one year and three months, suffered from a mental collapse, and became severely sick. Only 22 days after she was released home, she died, on December 4th, 2009.

Officials at the Banqiao Forced Labour Camp:
Hao Demin, director: 86-22-63252201, 86-22-63252203 (Office), 86-13803060179 (Mobile)
Liu Yuxia, head of the Supervision Section: 86-22-63251069
Liu Jinying and Xiao Chunli, heads of Second Ward: 86-22-63251423 (Office)
Zhang, head of Second Section: 86-22-63251410, 86-22-63251415

Earlier report: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2008/12/21/103156.html

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2009/12/30/215312.html