An Account Of the Death of Gynecologist and Pediatrician Mrs Dong Cuifang from Beijing

Ms. Dong Cuifang (also known as Dong Cui) was from Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. She was a doctor in Shunyi District Hospital for Women and Children's Health. Her husband and her were arrested at the same time in 2001 for informing the public about the truth of Falun Gong. They were detained in the Shunyi District Detention Centre in Beijing. In 2002, they were both sentenced to five years in prison. On March 11, 2003, she was transferred to the third unit of the Beijing Women's Prison.

On the day she was transferred to the prison, director of the third branch Tian Fengqing demanded that Dong Cuifang write a "letter admitting [her] guilt." The director also instructed collaborators (1) Li Xiaobing and Li Xiaomen to harass Dong Cuifang. Dong Cuifang insisted that it wasn't wrong to practise Falun Gong and she refused to write the letter. Eager for a bonus, Director Tian Fengqing became very angry and instructed guard Xi Xuehui that they must reach "success" quickly. They continuously used various brutal torture methods on her to force her give up her belief in Falun Dafa. Dong Cuifang died from the torture they subjected her to at 5:24 p.m. on March 19, 2004. She was only 28 years old at the time of her death.

After her death, her mother immediately went to Beijing Women's Prison. Seeing her dead body full of bruises, her mother was devastated. Dong Cuifang's body had many spots with extravasated blood and her right scapula (shoulder blade) bone had separated from her flesh. When her family requested the forensic report from the prison, they showed her family a copy of the report. Her family requested compensation. The prison never replied. Her mother went to the local ministry of law. However, they were no help since they were set on protecting the prison. Her family members stayed in Beijing for 50 days and left Beijing without any other results.

Prison police guard Xi Xuehui has had bad dreams every day since Dong Cuifang was tortured to death. She frequently wakes up from the nightmares. She did not dare to stay alone in the prison's third unit. She had planned to have a baby after her marriage. However, she does not dare to have one now because she fears that it might be deformed.

Perpetrators and Their Telephone Numbers:

Tian Fengqing: Director of the former third unit of the women's prison. Now the unit is renamed the tenth unit. Tian Fengqing's phone numbers: 86-10-60276688 extension 100 (Office); 86-13520877187 (mobile); 86-10-61294432 (Home).

Bureau of Prison Management of Beijing: Anti-Cult Division: 86-10-83580634 Director Zhu Guanghua, 86-10-83580630.

Punishment Division: 86-10-83580620 010-83580622

Political Division: 86-10-83580603

Beijing Women's Prison 86-10-60276688
extensions 8182, 8184: education department,
extensions 8179, 8178: political department,
extensions 8100, 8101, 8102: the tenth unit of the prison.

Shunyi District Hospital for Women and Children's Health 86-10-69424626.

(1) Collaborators: former Falun Gong practitioners who have gone astray due to brainwashing and torture.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/6/16/77219.html