Paralysed in Detention, Mr. Liang Jinshu, 63, Died Shortly After Being Released on Medical Parole

Name: Liang Jinshu
Gender: Male
Age: 63
Address: Luobei County, Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province
Occupation: Agricultural machinery engineer
Date of Death: February 17th, 2013
Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 5th, 2012
Most Recent Place of Detention: Xiangfang Detention Centre
City: Hegang
Province: Heilongjiang
Persecution Suffered: Home ransacked, detention

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liang Jinshu was arrested at home by police on July 5th, 2012. became paralysed as a result of abuse in detention. He died on February 17th, 2013, at the age of 63.

Mr. Liang was arrested at his home on Liancao Street in Xiangfang District, Harbin City, on July 5th, 2012. Officers from the Jinxiang Street Police Station in Xiangfang District made the arrest. After being held in police custody, Mr. Liang was taken to the Xiangfang District Detention Centre. The court plotted to sentence him to 10 years in prison.

Mr. Liang had been healthy before the arrest. After three months in detention, however, he became paralysed on one side of the body and completely incontinent. He was released on medical parole in mid-October 2012 and returned home after two weeks of hospital treatment. He remained lethargic and in poor health until his untimely death just a few months later.

Background

Mr. Liang, originally from the Baoquanling Agricultural Reclamation in Luobei County, Hegang City, had been working in Binxi Town, Bin County, Harbin City, in recent years.

On November 9th, 2011, officers from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) of the Baoquanling Agricultural Reclamation and the local police department arrested four practitioners. The police ransacked the practitioners' homes and then drove more than 250 miles to Binxi Town in an attempt to arrest Mr. Liang. He was not home, so they broke into his house and ransacked it.

In March 2012, officers from the Gongqing Police Department in Luobei County went to Mr. Liang's workplace in Binxi Town and attempted to arrest him there. Mr. Liang was forced to leave home and place of employment to avoid further persecution. Nevertheless, he was arrested shortly thereafter, on July 5th, 2012.

Parties involved in the persecution:

Mao Linchang, case worker, Domestic Security Division, Xiangfang Police Department: +86-13845156823 (Mobile)
Chi Li'an, director, Jinxiang Street Police Station: +86-13936337737 (Mobile)
Sun Junting, director, Xiangfang Police Department: +86-13351006767 (Mobile) , +86-451-82110979 (Office), +86-451-82386767 (Home)

Related article:

“Engineer Mr. Liang Jinshu Becomes Paralysed in Detention Centre, Court Plans to Sentence Him to 10 Years in Prison” (http://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2012/11/23/136407.html)