Miao Qun - 缪群
Chinese name:
缪群
Gender:
Female
Age:
28
City:
Dazhou City
Province:
Sichuan
Occupation:
Date of Death:
2000-01-23
Date of Most Recent Arrest:
Most recent place of detention:
a detention center
Case Description:
Miao went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong this January. She was taken back by local police and detained in the local detention center. While in custody, she went on a hunger strike to defend her right to practice Falun Gong. The police force-fed her through the nose with a plastic tube. During the process of force-feeding, the police inserted the tube into her lung by mistake. She died shortly after.
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