After being jailed for eight years, Mr. Xu Dawei died due to abuse. When his family tried to seek justice, prison and local CCP authorities forbade his brother to get involved.

Xu Dawei Died Due to Abuse, Family Seeks Justice but Is Intimidated by Authorities (Photo)

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xu Dawei, 34 years old, lived in Qingyuan County, Liaoning Province. He suffered eight years of imprisonment in four jails. The last one was Dongling Prison, where he was tortured until he was very thin. He suffered a mental collapse and was not able to eat. After he was brought back home, in less than 13 days, he passed away on February 16, 2009. Various marks of injury were found on his body.

Xu Dawei, A few months before persecution

Xu Dawei, after being persecuted at Dongling Prison

His family has tried to seek justice for him. Over the past months, they have visited many branches of Shenyang City Judiciary Bureau. When they went to Dongling Prison, the prison officials tried all ways to deny their role in Mr. Xu's death and shifted responsibility. Prison authorities colluded with officials in Yingemen Town, including Zhang Tianwei, Li Shunling and CCP Secretary Cui. They went twice to Xu Dawei's home to threaten his younger brother and forbade him to become involved in seeking justice for Xu Dawei. They threatened, "Otherwise you will draw fire against yourself."

The authorities asked which hospital Xu Dawei stayed in before he died and where his body was. If the family refused to disclose this information, they would arrest the family members.

On the morning of May 7, 2009, the family went to Shenyang City Procuratorate and inquired about registering the case, to investigate the murderer of Xu Dawei. The official at the Appeal Office asked them to go to the police department to report and do an autopsy in order to confirm that the death was caused by abuse in prison, before they could ask the court to register the case. In the afternoon, the family went to Shenyang City Police Department. The officials at the Appeal Office said, "It is not our matter. It is the matter of the Judiciary Bureau." They also claimed any Falun Gong issue would never be resolved unless CCP collapsed,

When the family visited Shenyang City Judiciary Bureau, the official told Xu Dawei's father and wife, "Let it go. Do not appeal anymore. Go home to cremate the body and get along. You do not have any evidence. Even if it is my own issue, I have no solution."

It has already been several months since Xu Dawei left this world. His family went to all the relevant agencies, however, they cannot even register the case.