Two Men in Xinmi County Prison Die as a Result of Abuse

Sixty-nine-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yang Shucai was from Liangzhai Village in Henan Province.

Mr. Yang was arrested on the morning of March 6th, 2009, by personnel from the Liudian Police Station and 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) of Kaifeng County. He was taken to the Kaifeng County Detention Centre, as were a few other local practitioners who were arrested on the same day.

Mr. Yang was detained for seven months. He was then sentenced to four years in prison and sent to the Xinmi County Prison in Zhengzhou. Mr. Yang's physical condition worsened while he was there, and he was released for medical treatment on September 29th, 2010, and passed away 12 days later.

Xinmi County Prison is a provincial level prison. It has been used by the Henan Province 610 Office as a centralised facility to persecute male Falun Gong practitioners in Henan since the persecution began on July 20th, 1999. Within the prison system is the "Education Ward," one of the worst, where they use brutal tactics in attempts to "transform" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] practitioners.

Mr. Sun Peijie, chief of the People's Political Affairs Office of Zhangpan Township, was sentenced to four years in prison. Mr. Sun was tortured in Xinmi County Prison until he was in critical condition. He was sent home in January 2005 and passed away on August 19th, 2005.

Xinmi County Prison in Zhengzhou:

Address: Mail Box 841, No. 61, East Section of Songshan Avenue, Xinmi, Henan Province, 452370

Office Number: 011-86-0371-69812604

Partial list of prison guards who work at Xinmi County Prison:

Yang Longji, deputy prison chief, controls the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in the prison

Dou Songping, Bao Quanyou, chairman and assistant chairman of the prison 610 Office

Li Xilong, head of ward nine

Niu Xiaoxue, group leader of discipline group in ward nine

Zhao Zhanmin, head of the "Education Ward"

Liudian Township Police Station in Kaifeng County: 011-86-0378-6641110

Station chief Lu Wenyi

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/11/16/69232589.html