Update on the Death of Mrs. Hu Zhengxi in the Baimalong Women's Forced Labour Camp in Hunan Province

Ms Hu Zhengxi, a retired employee of the Grain and Oil Purchase and Sale Station in Changde City, Hunan Province, died as a result of persecution by the Baimalong Women's Forced Labour Camp in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province on May 5th, 2005. After receiving notice of her death from the forced labour camp on May 7th, her family members were told that Hu Zhengxi went on a hunger strike for more than ten days and died, the cause of her death was unclear, and in the mean time the forced labour camp hurriedly cremated the deceased in Zhuzhou.

The family of Hu Zhengxi held a funeral procession in Niubitan on May 9th. She had been arrested three times before and placed in the Baimalong Women's Forced Labour Camp in Zhuzhou City by the wicked party. At the beginning of May 2004, when she was released from the forced labour camp, her body was emaciated, and she was extremely weak.

Hu Zhengxi had been detained more than once after she went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa at the end of 1999. She was confined in the Changde City First and Second Detention Centres from the end of 1999 until April 2002. She was sentenced by the Dingcheng District 610 Office¹ to two years of forced labour in July 2002. Hu Zhengxi suffered all sorts of cruel tortures in the Baimalong Labour Camp, and later she succumbed to the forced brainwashing and deceit of the guards and collaborators. After her release on June 30th, 2003, she awakened to the truth and was overcome by regret. On February 21st, 2004 she was arrested while handing out leaflets exposing the persecution, sentenced by the Dingcheng District 610 Office to two and half years of forced labour, and again sent to the Baimalong Labour Camp and subjected to severe persecution.

She resisted the authorities' unreasonable requests and went on a hunger strike for more than 80 days in protest against the detention and abuse. Finally she was tortured to the brink of death, and her body was emaciated. Despite this, her hands and legs were still cuffed by the guards, and she was hung up in the Zhuzhou Chemical Hospital. The labour camp authorities were afraid of being held responsible, so they informed the local police, and she was taken home at the beginning of May. Upon her recovery, several days later the police broke into her home and sent her to the Changde Rehabilitation Hospital (a mental hospital) for further persecution.

On July 29th, 2004, officials from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) again sent Hu Zhengxi back to the Baimalong Labour Camp from the mental hospital. Hu suffered all kinds of abuse there, and several of her teeth were pried off. Despite her extremely weak and ill condition, the labour camp still illegally admitted her.

In the labour camp, in late April 2005 Hu Zhengxi again went on hunger strike to protest against the persecution. She was in critical condition after twelve days, and on May 4th she was sent to the Zhuzhou Chemical Hospital for emergency treatment. At 6:30 pm on May 5th, 2005 Hu Zhengxi died due to the brutal torture by the Zhuzhou Baimalong Labour Camp.

Note

1. "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/12/2/115635.html