Falun Gong Practitioner Zeng Huaguo Murdered by Police in Shaodong County, Hunan Province within Six Days

Name: Zeng Huaguo
Gender: Male
Age: 57
Address: Shaodong County, Hunan Province
Occupation: Home appliance salesperson

Date of Death: August 25th, 2010
Date of Most Recent Arrest: August 19th, 2010
Most recent place of detention: Shaodong County Domestic Security Division
City: Shaodong County
Province: Hunan
Persecution Suffered: Detention, beatings, home ransacked, interrogation.
Key Persecutors: Deng Jianhua (division leader at National Security Tea)

Falun Gong practitioner Zeng Huaguo

Mr. Zeng Huaguo used to put all his energy into running a business. He worked so hard that he eventually suffered tremendously from depression. After he started practising Falun Gong in 2007, he became healthy and energetic. He did not have any diseases during the past three years, and his mind became peaceful and calm. He appreciated Falun Gong for saving his life, and he used his own personal experience to show people that "Falun Gong is good."

On June 21st, 2010, when Mr. Zeng promoted Falun Gong to a person who happened to be a plainclothes police officer, he was arrested and detained at Songjiatang Detention Centre in Shaodong County. At 11 a.m. on June 21st, the police searched his home and took away his Falun Gong books. His family members tried everything to rescue him. His son-in-law was forced to sign a guarantee statement to renounce practising Falun Gong. Ten days later, Zeng Huaguo was released.

After Mr. Zeng returned home, his family members were frightened by his detention and interfered with his Falun Gong practice a lot. He applied for a passport and had saved 140,000 yuan¹ to cover living expenses in a foreign country. However, his wife did not want him or herself to leave China.

On the morning of August 19th, he went to Shaodong County National Security Bureau to ask for his Falun Gong books. Deng Jianhua, who was the squadron leader at Shaodong County National Security Brigade, arrested him. When his family went to the National Security Bureau, they were deceived by the police. They told the police that they did not know the whereabouts of the money that Zeng Huaguo had saved. The police wanted to track the money, and they tortured Mr. Zeng when they interrogated him. He called his family and told them not to mention the money to the police.

To get the money, the police tried everything to torture Zeng Huaguo. At 1 a.m. on August 23rd, he was transferred from Songjiatang Detention Centre to the People's Hospital in Shaodong County. His family was not informed of the transfer. One day after Mr. Zeng was tortured to death, his family was informed: "He committed suicide in the hospital." Mr. Zeng's son noticed that there were wounds on his father's forehead that had been sutured. Two teeth had been knocked out, his ankles were broken, and there were wounds all over his body. Because there was a surveillance system in the hospital, Mr. Zeng's son told the state security police, "Find the hospital records to verify that it was suicide." The police lied, saying, "There are no cameras; they were removed a long time ago." They issued threats, and enticed Zeng Huaguo's family members, proposing to give them 260,000 yuan to close the case. Several days later Zeng Huaguo's son was shown a fuzzy video recording and told that his father had committed suicide at 5 a.m. in the hospital.

Persons that participated in the persecution:

Luo Wen, Director of the 610 Office in Shaodong County: 86-13973978648(Mobile)
Long Yanyun, head of the National Security Team in Shaodong Police Department: 86-13807391788(Mobile)
Peng Yuying, instructor: 87-13508426622(Mobile)
Xiao Zhixiong, deputy head 87-13975902269(Mobile)
Deng Jianhua, division leader (major perpetrator of the persecution): 86-13907392377(Mobile)
Yang Xiuwen, director of the Police Bureau in Shaodong County: 86-13973961612(Mobile)

Related article:

http://clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2010/9/6/119859.html

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/10/5/230598.html