Mr. Chen Xiangrui's Organs Suspected to be Stolen after Being Beaten to Death

Name: Chen Xiangrui
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Address: Hengyang Power Accessory Parts Company Residential Area
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: March 12th, 2003
Date of Most Recent Arrest: March 11th, 2003
Most Recent Place of Detention: Hengyang Police Department Domestic Security Division
City: Hengyang
Province: Hunan
Persecution Suffered: Beatings, hung up, torture, interrogation

Mr. Chen Xiangrui, 29, was the son of a worker in Hengyang Power Accessory Parts Company. At 9:00 p.m. on March 11th , 2003, a group of officers from Hengyang Police Department broke into Mr. Chen's home and took him to Hengyang Police Department Domestic Security Division. The police interrogated and brutally tortured him over the night. Mr. Chen died from torture at around 10:00 a.m. the next day.

The police decided to do an autopsy to indicate that the police were not responsible for his death. Mr. Chen's mother objected as the cause of her son's death was obvious. The police said, “It doesn't matter if you object. It is an order from my superiors.” Mr. Chen's family didn't know the police's intention of doing an autopsy in such a hurry.

Autopsies are usually performed by two or three coroners. However on the evening of March 12th , the police asked nine coroners to conduct Mr. Chen's autopsy and examination. There were also as many as two truck loads full of riot policemen with guns waiting outside. Even though there weren't any mortal wounds on the body, the coroners claimed that not a single organ was good after the autopsy. Were they all damaged from the torture? Or were they stolen?

Mr. Chen's family later learned that one of the coroners was Xiong Ping from Medical College of Nanhua University. Mr. Chen's family asked him many times about the autopsy. He finally said, “I can't tell. I would be dead if I do.” Xiong Ping later moved to another city.

Later on, it was exposed that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was harvesting organs without using any anaesthetics from Falun Gong practitioners while they were still alive.. Mr. Chen's family recalled their encounter and started to suspect what had happened to Mr. Chen. Mr. Chen's mother still keeps his ashes and doesn't want them to be buried.

Background

Before his death, Chen Xiangrui was an honest and kind young man. He started practising Falun Gong in January of 1996. Mr. Chen went to Beijing to appeal three times on October 27th of 1999, March 2nd, 2000 and late April of 2000. He was detained in the Baishazhou Detention Centre and a Detention House in Hengyang. In January 2001, Mr. Chen was arrested at home together with his mother and then was held in the detention centre for as long as half a year.

At 9 pm on March 11th, 2003, the head of the National Security Team of Hengyang's Public Security Bureau Lei Zhenzhong led a group of policemen and swarmed into Mr. Chen's home, breaking down the door. They beat and kicked Mr. Chen Xiangrui while they dragged him out and forced him into their van. Policemen pulled Mr. Chen and at the same time cursed, "We will beat you, the stubborn Falun Gong member, to death when we go back today." When Mr. Chen was dragged into the van, they shoved him face down under the seat, holding himh down with one foot on his body. Several dozens of people witnessed this event as the policemen were quite loud, causing a big disturbance.

When they arrived at the Public Security Bureau of Hengyang City, the policemen hung Mr. Chen up and beat him with an electric baton, a metal hammer, books, and a rubber club. In the morning of March 12th, Mr. Chen's breathing was extremely weak, and his pupils were dilated. The police found that his condition was very bad and then sent Mr. Chen to the hospital. Mr. Chen died at around 10: 00 a.m on March 12th.

The police took Mr. Chen's parents and other family members to a hotel that day. Later that night, accompanied by two truck loads full of riot policemen with guns, they went to see Mr. Chen's body. There was a dent on Mr. Chen's head; ribs and collar bones were broken; the bones of the left foot and wrist were broken; both feet were twisted. His mother hugged his body and cried out loudly. The police decided to do an autopsy. Mr. Chen's mother objected as the cause of his death was obvious. They grabbed Mr. Chen's body into the van and drove away regardless of the mother's crying and objections.

Earlier reports:

http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/4/12/34411.html

http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/3/21/33599.html

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2011/6/1/241771.html