Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Xu Jishan Tortured to Death at the Daqing Prison

In 2004, Dafa practitioner Mr. Xu Jishan of Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province was sentenced to three years in prison and was incarcerated at the Daqing Prison. According to a reliable source, in the afternoon of June 7, 2005, Mr. Xu was choked to death with water by five inmates under the order of prison guards.

Xu Jishan	Xu Jishan and his son

Mr. Xu Jishan, 41, worked at the Furnace Building Company under the Daqing City Petrochemical Company's Construction Company in Heilongjiang Province. Because he practised Falun Gong, his work contract was terminated by the company.

In March 2004 Mr. Xu was sentenced to three years in prison for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution. He was sent to the Hongweixing Prison in Daqing City. At 4:00 p.m. on June 7, 2005, the prison authorities told his family that Xu Jishan had failed "to be rescued" after emergency treatment, and died from an "illness." His mouth and nose were filled with coagulated blood, and the area surrounding his mouth was covered with deep bite marks. According to a reliable source, under instigation from the prison guards, five inmates used water to choke him to death. The prison authorities are trying very hard to cover up this murder. They did not allow Xu Jishan's family to look at his body and refused to conduct a brain CT scan. His family is currently talking with the prison authorities.

Daqing Prison is a so-called "State Bureau-level Civilised Work Unit." The No. 7 Prison Ward is the "advanced work unit" where steadfast Falun Dafa practitioners are most savagely tortured. As of this writing, three practitioners, Yu Yongquan, Wang Hongde, and Xu Jishan, have been tortured to death at the Daqing Prison. Beginning in May, the authorities at this prison have escalated the persecution. They tortured practitioner Zhao Yuan, from Acheng City in the No. 7 Prison Ward, until he could no longer eat and vomited anything he ate. Practitioner Jin Sheng from Zhaozhou is on the brink of death from torture, and practitioner Cheng Peiming developed open pulmonary tuberculosis from torture. The perpetrators not only refused to release him but locked him in solitary confinement.

Relevant contact information:

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Gao Qing, director of the Daqing Prison Hospital: 5059828 (Office), 6852986 (Home), 13804696394 (mobile)
Huang Zhiwei, deputy director of Daqing Prison Hospital: 5059828 (Office), 13091685087 (mobile)
Li Fengjiang, head of the No. 7 Prison Ward: 5059233 (Office), 5962033 (Home), 13359603366 (mobile)
Tang Yongfu, director of the prison: 5056688 (Office), 5105087 (Home), 13303690588 (mobile)

Gao Honggui, general manager of the Daqing City Petrochemical Company's Construction Company: 6761219 (Office), 6766615 (Home), 13904592557 (mobile)

Furnace Building Company:
Liu Zhenfeng, manager: 6765879 (Office), 6255717 (Home), 13089021008 (mobile)(Cell)

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/6/10/103778.html