Older Practitioner Mr. Qin Daqun Died as a Result of Abuse in Custody in Chongqing City

Mr. Qin Daqun, 56, was employed by the Chongqing City Third Construction Company. He began practising Falun Gong in 1996. After the persecution started, he was taken into custody at the Geleshan Brainwashing Centre located in Shapingba District. On October 5th, 2005, he was arrested by officers from the Shapingba District Police Department and sentenced to one year of forced labour, which he served in the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp.

On May 19th, 2008, the police arrested Mr. Qin in the Technology District. On May 20th, 2008, the police ransacked his home on Xiao Street in Shapingba District. The police detained him in the Jiangbei Detention Centre, where a guard assaulted him from behind and another guard kicked him in the chest, causing him to pass out on the floor. The guards took him to the Xishanping Labour Camp, had him checked out at the camp clinic, transferred him to the Beibei District Ninth Hospital, and quickly transferred him to the Chongqing City Oncology Hospital. The hospital put him in the second bed on the seventh floor. When he was admitted, he was emaciated and dying.

Mr. Qin's family picked him up on August 28th, 2008. He died at around 3:00 p.m. on September 5th, 2008.

Zhang Xiaotao, Shapingba District Chinese Communist Party Political and Judiciary Committee Secretary: 86-13808370037 (Mobile), 86-23-65460652 (Home)
Shapingba District Detention Centre: 86-23-65313586
Director Pan, Deputy Director Wang Jian, Doctor Dai, Shapingba District Detention Centre
Shapingba District Police Department: 86-23-65394776, or 63755221, or 637755222
Xishanping Forced Labour Camp: 86-2389090015
Directors Luo Ping, Li Shize, and Jiang (given name unknown)

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/9/20/186234.html