(Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhao Wenguang was arrested by Huizhan Police Station officers in Heilongjiang Province on May 28, 2015.
In August, his family learned that he could barely eat and that his life is in danger.
Mr. Zhao, 45, owns a stone shop in the stone market on Sada Road om Daqing City. Three plainclothes officers walked into his shop on May 28, and one of them asked him if he used the WeChat platform.
Three uniformed officers quickly followed. They ransacked the store and took Mr. Zhao to the Huizhan Police Department. Mr. Zhao's hands and feet were cuffed. He was later transferred to the Sertu District No. 2 Detention Center.
Detention Center Denies Existence of Illness
The family went to visit Mr. Zhao on August 20. He said that he had burning pain and could not eat much. His weight had dropped from 154 to 110 lbs. He was extremely weak and in critical condition.
His wife asked that he be examined. The entrance guard said that the director of the detention center was not there and asked another guard to talk to the family. The guard said he saw Mr. Zhao that morning and his voice was very weak.
Mr. Zhao's family and lawyer were allowed to take him to a hospital for a complete exam. The doctor said he had an irregular heartbeat but nothing else. The detention center director Yan Zhenfeng still refused to release Mr. Zhao on medical parole.
The lawyer and Mr. Zhao's wife went to the Prosecution Division of the Procuratorate on September 16 and asked for Mr. Zhao's release. Only the lawyer was allowed to meet with the prosecutor. The prosecutor said that the case had been transferred to the district court, so he had no power to release Mr. Zhao.
Background
Mr. Zhao started to practice Falun Gong in 1998 after he saw the changes in his wife, Ms. Zheng Hongjun, who had started to practice Falun Gong earlier.
At the onset of the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999, television programs slandered Falun Gong nonstop. Mr. Zhao wanted to tell the nation's leaders the truth about Falun Gong, so he took a train to Beijing to appeal for the right to practice.
He was arrested, taken back to Jinshantun by local police, and detained in a brainwashing center. The police ordered him to write a statement guaranteeing he would give up Falun Gong and criticizing the practice, or they would not release him. He was detained for more than 20 days.
After that, a local policeman, Zhang, frequently harassed Mr. Zhao. Mr. Zhao and his wife soon moved to Daqing, where they have lived for the past 13 years.
Parties involved in the persecution of Mr. Zhao:Cao Liwei (曹力伟), chief, Daqing Police Department: +86-459-6371699 (office), +86-13384595678 (Cell)Zhang Zhiqiang (张志强), officer, Huizhan Police Department. He was involved in the arrest of Mr. Zhao: +86-13339500996 (Cell)Xu Kai (徐凯), officer, Huizhan Police Department. He was involved in the arrest of Mr. Zhao: +86-13351188488 (Cell)Yan Zhenfeng (闫震峰), director, Daqing No. 2 Detention Center: +86-459-4616628 (office)
(Please refer to the original Chinese article for more people and offices involved in the persecution.)
