Over Forty Practitioners Arrested in Shuangcheng City, Three Tortured to Death

Forty practitioners from Shuangcheng City, Helongjiang Province were arrested recently without just cause. Within a couple of days, three practitioners had been tortured to death. Gu Xiuxian succumbed to her injuries on March 4, 2004, five days after she was sent to a Detention Centre in Shuangcheng City. The names of the other two practitioners who died are unknown.

Ms. Gu Xiuxian (36), was a practitioner from Shuangcheng City, Helongjiang Province. At around 6 or 7 p.m. on February 28, 2004, she was taken from her home by over 10 people, including the chief of the Lanling Town Police Station, Zhao Yinglin, the town government officer, Li Jiaming, and the head of the village, Zhang Zhifa, and sent to Detention Centre No. 2 in Shuangcheng City. Gu Xiuxian repeatedly explained the truth about Falun Gong to the policemen and went on a hunger strike to protest her detention. She was force-fed violently. Only five days later, on the morning of March 4, 2004 Gu Xiuxian died.

Since February 11, 2004, personnel from the "610 Office" and policemen in Shuangcheng City rounded up Dafa practitioners. According to incomplete statistics, by February 28, over forty practitioners had been arrested. Based on the most recent information, among the arrested, three practitioners were tortured to death within a couple of days, including two unidentified practitioners. We have learned that this action was ordered by the assistant director of the political and security department in Shuangcheng City and was executed by the director of the national security department, Jin Wanzhi.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/3/10/69589.html