(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Xiao Yali was a resident of Dongfa Village in Zhoujiazhen Town, Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province. On March 6, 2004, she died in the Shuangcheng City No. 2 Detention Center as a result of brutal force-feeding. (Such brutal force-feeding was by no means intended to improve Xiao Yali's health or provide her with food, but rather administered as a method of torture.) Two six-year-old children were left behind. The boy's name is Sun Ri, and the girl's name is Sun Yue. Both children are now living with their grandparents. Ms. Xiao's husband Sun Wancai is in poor physical health and has tuberculosis. He now owes nearly 10,000 yuan in medical expenses.
Photo of Sun Yue and Sun Ri
At around 4 p.m. on February 28, 2004, Li Yuesheng from the Zhoujiazhen Town Government and Guo Fujun from the Zhoujiazhen Town Police Station, together with another five people, went to Ms. Xiao's home and ransacked it. Around 7 p.m. on that day, about eight people went to Ms. Xiao's home again, including the Township Political and Judicial Committee Director Gao Jinpeng, the police station's Deputy Director Bai, and the Township Government officers Hu Zongshen and Li Yuesheng. They arrested Xiao Yali and took her to the police station. They then illegally detained her at the Shuangcheng City Detention Center. At about 6:40 p.m. on March 6, Ms. Xiao's family received a phone call, asking them to bring money to the emergency room to cover Ms. Xiao's "medical expenses," even though she had been very healthy and not ill at all. Ten minutes later the detention center called again, saying it would be fine to come either on that day or on the following day. At that point, Ms. Xiao was already dead. That evening, more than 20 of Ms. Xiao's family members went to the detention center, but they were not allowed to see the body until the following day. There were round scars on Xiao's forehead and swollen areas on the right side of her back. Her hands were badly injured and purple. Her mouth was also severely swollen. It was a horrifying scene! The police wanted to cremate the body immediately, but the 20 plus family members strongly disagreed. On March 13, her body was cremated against the family's wishes. According to a staff member from the detention center, Doctor Wang (his full name might be Wang Shiyuan) from Division 3 of Shuangcheng Hospital was directly involved in the force-feeding.
February 20, 2005
Category: Deaths
