Mr. Ge Xinzhong Dies as a Result of Persecution for Taking in a Fellow Practitioner; Police Attempt to Cover It Up

Practitioner Mr. Cheng Fengxiang was arrested and sent to the Handan City's Hei Village Forced Labour Camp for interrupting the regular television broadcast with footage exposing the persecution. He later walked out after hunger striking for several months. Another practitioner took in Mr. Cheng Fengxiang and for this he was arrested and put in a detention centre after police officers came to Mr. Ge's home. In the detention centre, Mr. Ge Xinzhong went on hunger strike for nearly 30 days. After being tortured by force-feeding until he was at his last gasp, Mr. Ge Xinzhong was sent to the county hospital, where all efforts to save him failed. He died on March 25 of this year.

The police at once strictly blocked all information. They appointed military personnel to guard the morgue and were afraid to tell Mr. Ge's family. They claimed that an autopsy revealed that Mr. Ge Xinzhong had died of myocardial infarction. His body was secretly cremated. Lianggang Village residents knew that Mr. Ge had been very healthy and did not have that ailment at all. The authorities must have had a guilty conscience because on the same day, Mr. Ge's wife was released, as was practitioner Liu Haifeng, who was on a hunger strike and whose life was in danger. Later, Zhao Chuanjie was also released while on a hunger strike. The political security section chief Chen Jushan publicly announced, "What does it matter if a few people who practise Falun Gong are killed?"

The doctor that did the force-feeding, Zong Ailan, should take full responsibility. The detention centre administrator, political security section chief, and police station chief, should all be held responsible. All participants should be held responsible for their roles in this event.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/4/5/98912.html