Henan Man Dies in Custody One Month After Being Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong

(Minghui.org) An Anyang City, Henan Province, man died in custody one month after he was arrested for practicing Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999. 

According to Mr. Li Xianxi’s family who saw his body, he was emaciated. His head was swollen, and there were injuries on his back and knees.

Mr. Li, in his 50s, had operated a small shop and was the breadwinner in his family. He went out to buy steamed buns for dinner at around 5 p.m. on May 11, 2021, and never returned. It’s reported that he was arrested when the police saw him talking to people about Falun Gong. 

Four officers of the Beiguan Police Station ransacked his two residences without showing a search warrant or their IDs. A criminal detention notice was issued the next day and Mr. Li was held at the Anyang City Detention Center.

Because Mr. Li did the Falun Gong exercises at the detention center, the guards handcuffed and shackled him. He held a hunger strike to protest the persecution. 

On the morning of June 13, Mr. Li’s family was suddenly informed that he had died the day before. The authorities refused to provide further information about his death.

Prior to his latest arrest, Mr. Li was arrested in later 2007 for posting messages about Falun Gong in public areas. He was given one year at the Xuchang Forced Labor Camp. 

Perpetrators contact information:
Bai Dongming (白东明), head of Anyang City Domestic Security Office: [phone], [phone]Wang Yuanhai (王元海), instructor of Anyang City Domestic Security Office: [phone], [phone]Zhang Laisheng (张来生), deputy head of Anyang City Domestic Security Office: [phone], [phone]Xing Lina (邢丽娜), officer of Anyang City Domestic Security Office: [phone], [phone]Sun Jiang (孙江), officer of Anyang City Domestic Security Office: [phone], [phone]Xue Quanxi (薛全希), officer of Anyang City Domestic Security Office: [phone], [phone]Lian Zhanfang (连战防), officer of Anyang City Domestic Security Office: [phone], [phone]Liu Yuzhi (刘育志), head of Beiguan Police Station: [phone], [phone]Ouyang Baojun (欧阳报军), head of Anyang Police Department and deputy head of the Anyang Political and Legal Affairs Committee: [phone], [phone]Wang Liping (王丽平), director of Anyang Prison Management Team: [phone], [phone], [phone] Wei Shouyi (魏守义), head of Anyang City Detention Center: [phone], [phone], [phone] Xue Jianping (薛建平), deputy head of Anyang City Detention Center: [phone], [phone], [phone] Wang Youliang (王有良), deputy head of Anyang City Detention Center: [phone], [phone], [phone] Li Honghua (李宏华), deputy head of Anyang City Detention Center: [phone], [phone], [phone] Cao Zhongliang (曹忠良), head of Anyang City Political and Legal Affairs Committee: [phone]Duan Guoxing (段国兴), deputy head of Anyang City Political and Legal Affairs Committee: [phone], [phone]Wu Liqun (吴利群), deputy head of Anyang City Political and Legal Affairs Committee: [phone], [phone]Cao Cheng, deputy head of Anyang City Political and Legal Affairs Committee: [phone], [phone]Xie Qi (谢琪), former deputy head of 610 Office: [phone], [phone]Liu Shijiang (刘世江), former deputy head of 610 Office: [phone], [phone]

(More perpetrators’ contact information is available in the original Chinese article.)