Mr. Huang Lizhong Dies in Detention after Years of Persecution

Name: Huang Lizhong
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Address: Lianshan District, Huludao City
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: October 25th, 2009
Date of Most Recent Arrest: February 25th, 2008
Most Recent Place of Detention: Panjing Prison in Liaoning Province
City: Panjin
Province: Liaoning
Persecution Suffered: Imprisonment, extortion, electric shock, publicly paraded in handcuffs and shackles, beatings, brainwashing, forced labour

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Huang Lizhong died as a result of persecution on October 25th, 2009, in Panjing Prison. Mr. Huang had been arrested and his home ransacked. He was sentenced to ten years in prison.

Mr. Huang Lizhong

Around 6:00 a.m. on February 25th, 2008, Mr. Huang was arrested at home. Participating in the arrest were officers from the Jinjiao Township Police Station; Wang Ying, chief of the Xinggong Police Station; and Liu Xingcheng from the Lianshan District Police Department Domestic Security Division. They also took personal belongings including a notebook computer, a printer, a recorder, a compact disc, Falun Gong books, and 2,000 yuan¹ in cash. They held Mr. Huang at the Huludao Detention Centre.

On May 12th, 2008, Lianshan District Court officials sentenced Mr. Huang to ten years in prison. Judge Wei Aijun (female) handled the case. Her office phone number is 86-429-2163962 (Office).

This case was not processed in court, nor was Mr. Huang's family informed of the verdict. It was heard that Judge Wei went to the Huludao Detention Centre and read the verdict and sentence to Mr. Huang. His family members still don't have the sentencing documents. Mr. Huang stated that he didn't accept the sentence and appealed to the Huludao Intermediate Court. Intermediate Court Judge Gao Ensi took this case (his telephone numbers are 86-429-3166449 [Office] and 86-13898995566[Mobile]) on the morning of June 12th, 2008, but upheld the original sentence.

Mr. Huang's family members went to the Huludao Detention Centre to visit him on the afternoon of June 12th, 2008. They found him to be so emaciated that they could not even recognise him. He had no strength to speak. Their conversation lasted only for several minutes and then was cut off by the detention centre head surnamed Chen. Mr. Huang's family made two attempts to visit him again in the following two days, but were turned away. Mr. Huang was transferred to Rujian Prison in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, on the afternoon of June 17th.

Tortured with electric batons, Mr. Huang died in Panjin Prison's Seventh Ward

Mr. Huang was transferred again in July 2008, this time to Panjin Prison's Fifth Ward. Ward head Wang Jianjun shocked him with an electric baton on April 20th, 2009. He fainted at the time. His family went to visit him on May 2nd, but were told that they were forbidden to visit him for the next five months. Mr. Huang was transferred to the Seventh Ward on August 28th. When his family went to visit him on October 20th, two criminal inmates held him up by his arms in the meeting room. He was extremely emaciated, his teeth were crooked, he had difficulty speaking, and he trembled.

According to officials, an exam showed abnormalities in Mr. Huang's heart, but they didn't disclose any details. At around 9:30 p.m. on October 25th, Seventh Ward Division Head Zhang Guolin (badge number 2193104) called Mr. Huang's son and said that Huang Lizhong had died and asked the family members to come that night or the next day to take care of the after death issues. The family took photographs of his remains and petitioned for an interview with the Panjing Prison administrator. Around 2:00 p.m., Wang Haijun (badge number 2193272), prison Political Section official, and Education Section supervisor Yang Youshan arrived. Later on, Legal Section head Wang Shouzhu from the Suburban District Procuratorate arrived. (This procuratorate is located at the west wing of the Panjin Prison Headquarters building. Its function is to report and supervise the Panjing Prison Judicial Department.) When a family member inquired into the cause of death, the prison representative said that it was sudden death. The family asked the prison to have an autopsy performed. The case is under investigation.

Cultivation benefits body and mind

Mr. Huang Lizhong was born on July 19th, 1961, and began cultivation practice in 1996. Prior to practising Falun Gong, he suffered from heart disease. He also had many bad habits, such as smoking, drinking, and gambling. He quarrelled frequently with his wife and even beat her. He became violent when angry, once breaking a TV set. Mr. Huang was skilful in making incense. He and his wife ran a fragrance factory and did very well, but lost most of their wealth because of his gambling. His wife could not do anything about it. After he and his wife started practising Falun Gong together, not only did he recover from heart disease, but he got rid of all his bad habits. Their family of three had never been happier.

Appealed in Beijing, arrested, paraded in the streets, and mercilessly beaten

On July 20th, 1999, Jiang Zemin [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution] and his followers began the persecution of Falun Gong. Mr. Huang and other practitioners went to Beijing to appeal for justice. During their 38 days in Beijing, they lived extremely frugally. By mid-September in 1999 they were taken back to Huludao City and were placed under administrative detention for nearly a month.

On October 20th, 1999, Xintaimen Township Police Station officials held a brainwashing session. Almost ten people, including Mr. Huang, Wang Hongting, Wang Suyan, Yang Guilin, Han Zaihui, and others, were held in the Xintaimen Township Government garage. For refusing to give up their practice of Falun Gong, on the morning of October 26th, Huang Lizhong, Wang Hongting, Wang Suyan, and Wang Guilan were publicly paraded in handcuffs. They detained Mr. Huang on criminal charges and imprisoned him in the Hulutao Detention Centre, where he was brutally beaten. The three other practitioners were placed under administrative detention. On November 1st, Mr. Huang was sentenced to three years of forced labour and taken to Huludao Forced Labour Camp.

Tortured in Huludao Forced Labour Camp

Huludao Forced Labour Camp officials created a special team on the fourth floor of the main building's west wing on July 25th, 2000. Mr. Huang and the other 18 practitioners were imprisoned there. They were tortured by being forced to sit every day from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.. Their legs had to be together, hands on knees, sitting motionless and straight. Detained criminals monitored them. The practitioners were not allowed to rest or use the toilet. They were forced to sit like this for 57 days. As a result of this torture, their legs swelled, and they felt pain all over their bodies, especially their buttocks. Compounding the torment, the room was hot and they sweat profusely.

On January 3rd, 2001, ten practitioners and Huang Lizhong were put into the special brigade again. They were tortured by being forced to sit on the ice-cold concrete floor. It was the coldest part of winter, bone-chilling. They had to sit even during the Chinese New Year, keeping the same posture from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. At night, they rested with a thin mattress on the concrete floor. It was wet and cold. This torture lasted one month. The guards also frequently threatened them, saying, "We'll deal with you later!" The practitioners sustained great physical and mental trauma from this abuse.

Mr. Huang was shocked with electric batons and tortured by other methods that caused him excruciating pain. He was abused by other means, including being forced to run a long distance after eating. He was also abused by criminal inmate Gao Aiguo and others.

On January 28th, 2001, Huang Lizhong and fellow practitioners Li Hongliang and Tian Zhongxin went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. They were released from the labour camp after 17 days. Several days after his arrival back home, local police agents harassed Mr. Huang with phone calls. He decided to leave home to avoid further persecution. Agents from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and the police looked for him everywhere. With no permanent place to stay, he read books on a small hillside during the day and at night, he rested in farmers' woodpiles. This difficult life lasted about four months.

Arrested twice

In May 2001, Mr. Huang spoke with people about Falun Gong and the persecution in Cimeihuagou, Xintaimen Township. He was reported. Officials from the Xintaimen Police Station in the Lianshan District arrested him and he was sent back to the labour camp. On September 5th, 2001, Mr. Huang went on another protest hunger strike. On September 20th, he was taken to a hospital. On October 25th, 2001, he fled from the labour camp.

On the evening of April 2nd, 2004, the police arrested Mr. Huang in the street and sent him to the Huludao Detention Centre. One month later he was sent to Huludao Forced Labour Camp. He went on yet another hunger strike and escaped one month later..

Seventh District Division Head Zhang Guolin: 86-13390270703(Mobile)
Fifth District Patient Hospital Administrator Zhang Yawei: 86-13390273366
Legal System Section Head Wang Shouzhu from the Panjin Suburb Procuratorate: 86-427-2681508 (Office) 86-13842762003 (Mobile

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Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2009/10/31/211491.html