Mr. Zhu Youquan Arrested and His Mentally Handicapped Wife Brutally Beaten

Name: Zhu Youquan
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Address: Room 602, Unit 3, Building 202, Nanhuzhongyuan, Chaoyang District
Occupation: Unknown

Date of Most Recent Arrest: August 20th, 2010
Most recent Place of Detention: Chaoyang Detention Centre

City: Beijing
Persecution Suffered: Detention
Key Persecutors: Gao Xijun

Mr. Zhu Youquan is a practitioner from Chaoyang District, Beijing. On the morning of August 20th, local police officers and officials from the residential committee broke into his home and arrested him. His mentally handicapped wife was taken to the police station and viciously beaten. The bruises on her body remained clearly visible two weeks after the beating.

Mr. Zhu started practising Falun Gong in 1995. He persisted in telling others about the persecution after July 20th, 1999, when the nationwide persecution started. On the morning of August 22nd, the local police called his son and told him, "If your father promises to quit practising Falun Gong, we will release him tomorrow. If not, we will sentence him to prison." It was reported that Mr. Zhu has been taken to the Chaoyang Detention Centre in Beijing.

Mr. Zhu suffers from a hunchback deformity as a result of a childhood illness. His wife does not know how to use a gas stove or how to cook. If she goes downstairs and walks out of the residential community, she can find her way back home, but she doesn't know how to cross the road. Mr. Zhu has to accompany her when going out. After Mr. Zhu's arrest, their son had to give up working to take care of her. Mr. Zhu's grandson is only two years old. His daughter-in-law does not have a job. After Mr. Zhu's arrest, no one in his family has had work or a source of income.

When Mr. Zhu's wife was taken to the police station on August 20th, she returned home with injuries, including bruises that covered her legs. The bruises remained clearly visible 15 days after the beatings took place. The police brutality is outrageous given that she is over 50 years old and mentally handicapped.

Mr. Zhu's family went to the residential committee and the police station to state their family's situation, and demand his immediate, unconditional release.

Gao Xihun, officer who took part in Mr. Zhu's arrest: 86-13911932352 (Mobile)
Nanhu Police Station in Chaoyang District, Beijing: 86-10-64703003, 86-10-64701354, 86-10-64704664
Residential committee of the Nanhuzhongyuan Residential Community, the director of which has harassed Mr. Zhu's family repeatedly: 86-10-64706923, 86-10-64734325

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/9/12/229538.html