When Mr. Wang had been tortured so badly that he was dying, the prison sent him to a hospital, but still refused to unlock his handcuffs and shackles. He died to two days later. The court refused to accept his family's lawsuit.

Ms. Guo Zhaoqing was arrested nine times and subjected to various kinds of torture between 1999 and 2009. She was paralyzed from tortures by police. Instead of providing her proper medical treatment, local CCP authorities sentenced her ten years in prison.

Mr. Wang Baojin Dies in Custody in Liaoning Province

Name: Wang Baojin (王宝金)
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Address: Yingkou City, Liaoning Province
Occupation: Electrical Engineer of Huaxin Electronic Limited Company in Yingkou City
Date of Death: December 9, 2009
Date of Most Recent Arrest: September 2001
Most Recent Place of Detention: Nanguanling Prison, Dalian City (大连南关岭监狱)
City: Dalian
Province: Liaoning
Persecution Suffered: Brainwashing, beating, torture, force-feedings, extortion, fired from workplace, home ransacked, interrogation, detention, illegal sentencing, imprisonment

Mr. Wang Baojin began practicing Falun Gong in 1996 and his severe lung disease vanished after three months. His bad habits also disappeared. However, after the persecution started in July 1999, local police pressured his employer. He was fired on July 19, 1999 because he refused to give up his faith in Falun Gong. Mr. Wang was constantly harassed by local police and community administration workers.

Mr. Wang had to leave home to avoid being arrested in March 2001. In September 2001, police arrested him while he was purchasing a professional printer. After he paid for it, the police returned the printer, but took his 18,000 yuan. His family tried many times to get their money back, but their efforts were in vain. They sought help from a lawyer. At first, the lawyer said the police had no right to take their money, and promised to win the case. But when they contacted the lawyer a second time, he had already been threatened by the police, and did not dare to take the case. Their money has still not been returned.

The police detained Mr. Wang in Yingkou City Detention Center. In order to protest the persecution, Mr. Wang went on a hunger strike. The guards brutally force-fed him, causing him to cough up blood throughout the night. He was cruelly beaten multiple times and nailed onto the bed board. He was beaten so badly that he suffered from severe traumatic pleurisy, and was rushed to the hospital four times in two weeks.

Domestic Security agents fabricated charges against Mr. Wang Baojin, accusing him of running a print shop, put him through a secret trial, denied him legal representation, and sentenced him to ten years in prison. Mr. Wang was detained in Wafangdian City Prison, and then transferred to Huazi Prison in Liaoyang City. He refused to do labor at the prison and requested to be released because he was innocent. The guards force-fed him five times per day; sometimes it was highly concentrated salt water or very hot food. This damaged his health severely.

In July 2004, Huazi Prison authorities put Mr. Wang and thirteen other practitioners on forced labor duty and tortured them. Mr. Wang was later transferred to Nanguanling Prison in Dalian City.

At around 9 p.m. on December 7, 2009, Mr. Wang had been tortured so badly that he was dying. He was unconscious and had little pulse and blood pressure. As thin as a skeleton, he became incontinent. He was rushed to the prison hospital, and the doctors recommended taking him to the 3rd Hospital of Dalian City.

In the emergency vehicle, two doctors told the guards to unlock his handcuffs and shackles, as time was running out, if they wished to attempt to rescue him. The guards called their superiors, but Mr. Wang entered the hospital still wearing restraints. He had no heartbeat or pulse. The doctor used oxygen to enable him to breathe his last breaths.

On December 8, 2009, the prison authorities notified Mr. Wang's family that he was very sick. His family rushed to the hospital, but their personal IDs were checked by the hospital security. They were not allowed to contact anyone and were closely watched the whole time.

On December 9, 2009, Mr. Wang passed away. The prison administration only allowed his family take a quick look at the body, and then threatened to cremate Mr. Wang in Dalian City. His family tried to file a lawsuit several times, but the court refused to accept their files. Mr. Wang's family is very worried that the prison authorities will cremate his body without consent.

Ms. Guo Zhaoqing Tortured and Secretly Sentenced to a Ten-year Term (Photo)

Name: Guo Zhaoqing (郭照青)
Gender: Female
Age: 37
Address: Wuling District, Changde City, Hunan Province
Occupation: Government officer at the Yiyang City People's Arts Center
Date of Most Recent Arrest: April 21, 2009
Most Recent Place of Detention: The 1st Detention Center of Changde City (常德市第一看守所)
City: Changde
Province: Hunan
Persecution Suffered: Electric shock, forced labor, illegal sentencing, beatings, hung by handcuffed wrists, imprisonment, torture, extortion, detention
Key Persecutors: Wang Yongkang (王永康), Wu Xiyong (吴希勇), Huang Junhua (黄军华)

Ms. Guo Zhaoqing, a college graduate, began practicing Falun Gong in 1996 and became a local coordinator in April 1999. Because of her practice, CCP authorities removed her as Secretary-general of Yiyang City Calligraphers Association.

Ms. Guo Zhaoqing

Between 1999 and 2009, Ms. Guo was arrested nine times and subjected to various kinds of torture. In 2000, she was arrested after going to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and was held in Tianjin City. On January 16, 2001, she was arrested and sent to the Baimalong Forced Labor Camp in Chenzhou City for a two-year term. While in the labor camp, she suffered from a number of tortures including being hung by her handcuffed wrists, electric shock torture, and beatings until she was on the verge of death. On December 20, 2004, Ms. Guo and her parents were arrested by Wang Yongkang, Wu Xiyong, Huang Junhua and other police officers in Wuling District, Changde City. The officers also took more than 23,000 yuan in cash from the family.

On April 21, 2009, Ms. Guo was arrested in Beihu District, Chenzhou City. More than a dozen police officers broke into her home and beat her badly. She fell to the bloody ground and passed out. To cover up their brutality, the police cleaned up the blood on the ground before they took pictures of the scene. Ms. Guo was held in the city for nine days and suffered brutal tortures for refusing to cooperate with the police. She was paralyzed when she was transferred to Linli Detention Center in Changde City on April 29, 2009.

Ms. Guo was later transferred to the 1st Detention Center of Changde City. Her elderly parents traveled numerous times between Yiyang City and Changde City to ask that authorities provide proper medical treatment to their daughter. The authorities turned a deaf ear to their requests. As a result of the delayed treatment, Ms. Guo's legs atrophied.

On December 2, 2009, when Ms. Guo's parents went to visit her, they were told by the detention center that Ms. Guo had been sentenced to a ten-year term and would be sent to Changsha City in early December to serve her term.