According to those who are familiar with this case, from October 10 to October 12, the Shuangta District Police Department in Chaoyang City called in forensic experts to examine Li Hongwei's body together with his family members. Li's family members found out that a large area in Li Hong's back turned black and red as a result of electric shocks, and his ears turned purple with blood inside after apparent attempts to wipe off the blood. One family member took out a camera to take pictures, but was stopped and beaten by the police officers at scene. The family member was then handcuffed and had one arm twisted and injured as a result of police brutality. The police then smashed the camera and pulled out the film exposing it in the light. The police from the detention centre initially claimed that Li Hongwei died from being on a hunger strike, and later cited illness as the cause of death. The family members asked why they had not been notified until October 9th when Li died on the 7th, why they had not been informed of Li's illness and no medical treatment had been arranged and why Li had injuries all over his body and blood in the ears? The police offered no answers. The family members made it clear that Li was in good health before his death - Li had never been sick even when serving two years of forced labour education after appealing on behalf of Falun Gong in July 1999 - the police cannot escape the responsibility for his death.
In the end, the police announced to Li's family members two decisions. First, Li Hongwei's body would not be handed over to his family members. Second, only a few people from Li's family would be allowed to attend the cremation to pay their respects when Li's body was cremated. Currently, plainclothes policemen are stationed both inside and outside the building where Li Hongwei's family lives. Anyone who visits them is being followed. All family members, without exception, are placed under threat, surveillance, and tight control by the police departments. However, those who have lost their loved one claim, with tears in their eyes, "We will bring the murderers to justice!" We are worried about the safety of the family and relatives.
A police officer in the Qianjin Police Station confirmed the death of Li Hongwei. However he refused to divulge the cause of the death. He kept saying, "I cannot tell you."
Li Hongwei graduated from the Agricultural Mechanics School with an associate degree. Prior to the abduction, Li Hongwei was employed at the Agricultural Machinery Company in Chaoyang City as a quality control inspector. The telephone number of his company is 86-421-3904852. His home address is No. 20 Yingzhou Road Section 3, Shuangta District, Chaoyang City. His home telephone number is 86-421-2802837. He was widely respected among his colleagues and neighbours.
Li Hongwei was the third Falun Gong practitioner tortured to death by the police in Chaoyang City, following the deaths of Wang Lixia and Yu Xiuling. His is also the 505th case, known to the public, of Falun Gong practitioners persecuted to death. Since October, reports of the deaths of 18 Falun Gong practitioners have reached us at the information centre, among them 6 were tortured to death prior to 2002 but were just reported at this time.
Attachment: Relative telephone numbers
Office of the Shuangta District Police Department in Chaoyang City: 86-421-2615327.
Office of the chief of the Shuangta District Police Department: 86-421-2613835.
Residence of Bai Youwen, Section Chief of the Political Security Section: 86-421-2815161.
Shared line at the office of the head of the Wujiawa Detention Centre: 86-421-3814329.
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