65-Year-Old Mr. Wang Chongjun Tortured to Death in Beijing

Mr. Wang Chongjun, 65, lived in Longzhuashu Village, Chaoyang District, Beijing. The village 610 Office¹ chair, Yang Fengling (female), was unsuccessful in forcing practitioner Ms. Wang Fengqin, who is Mr. Wang Chongjun's wife, to write a guarantee statement to stop practising Falun Gong. She arranged for more than 40 unemployed people to monitor the family beginning on April 7th, 2008. She harassed them everyday by coming to their house, and followed all the family members everywhere, including when they went shopping or took a walk to the park. At around 7:00 p.m. on April 14th, 2008, 610 Office agents stormed into Mr. Wang's home; arrested him and his wife, Ms. Wang Zhiqin; and detained them in the Chaoyang District Detention Centre. No visits were permitted.

On June 20th, 2008, Mr. Wang's family received notices sent from the First and Tenth Wards of the Prisoner Dispatch Section of Beijing Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp, saying Mr. Wang Chongjun had been sentenced to two years of forced labour on May 22nd, 2008, and was detained in the First Ward of the Prisoner Dispatch Section. Ms. Wang Zhiqin was sentenced to two and half years of forced labour on May 20th, 2008, and was held in the Tenth Ward.

Guards in the camp injected Mr. Wang with an unknown drug that caused him to become emaciated. The camp authorities saw that he was dying and quickly released him. He skin had turned yellow from the drug.

His family picked him up and took him to the hospital for an operation. Mr. Wang died on the afternoon of August 23rd, 2008. His wife was transferred to the Shanxi Province Forced Labour Camp right before the Olympics. She still does not know of her husband's death.

Since August 23rd, 2008, personnel with the 610 Office and the village administration have arranged for people to watch every Falun Gong practitioner's home.

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/2008/8/28/184893.html