Inner Mongolia Man Dies One Day after Being Tried for His Faith

(Minghui.org) A Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, man died one day after he and his wife stood trial for their faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.

Mr. Guo Zhenfang’s family received a call from the police on the evening of June 9, 2021, and was told that he had died. They rushed to the hospital and saw dozens of plainclothes officers guarding his body. They noted that his lower back was purple, there were injuries on the inner side of one of his knees, and his nose had blood on it. They tried to look more carefully, but the police barred them from getting any closer to the body.

One doctor at the hospital revealed that Mr. Guo had no vital signs when the police brought him in.

Without his family’s consent, the police had Mr. Guo’s body taken to the Songshan District Funeral Home shortly after.

Just one day before his death, Mr. Guo and his wife Ms. Feng Yuhua were tried in the Songshan District Court. According to his family members who attended the hearing, they saw him jump out of the police car and walk into the courtroom. He appeared to be very healthy.

While the authorities didn’t provide any explanation for his death, his family strongly suspects that he was tortured to death in the Songshan District Detention Center.

This was the second time that Mr. Guo and his wife had appeared in court. Their first hearing on April 8, 2021, was adjourned quickly after the judge ordered the prosecutor to re-evaluate certain evidence against the couple. Another hearing scheduled for May 19 was later canceled and moved to June 8.

The couple was arrested on the morning of November 25, 2020. The police ransacked their home in the afternoon and confiscated many of their personal belongings. The Songshan District Procuratorate indicted them soon after receiving their case from the police.

In the past year, the authorities in Chifeng have been actively persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. According to available information collected by Minghui.org, at least 97 practitioners were arrested, harassed, and/or detained between January 2020 and December 27, 2020.

Wang Bing, the head of Yuanbaoshan District Political and Legal Affairs Committee, an extra-judiciary agency tasked with overseeing the persecution, ordered brainwashing sessions to be set up for local Falun Gong practitioners in an attempt to force them to renounce Falun Gong.

Perpetrators’ contact information:

Tang Guozhi (唐国志), director, Songshan District Police Department: [phone]Jiang Cong (姜丛), director of the Songshan District: [phone]Fu Qiang (付强), deputy director of the Songshan District: [phone]Zhao Yanhong (赵延宏), deputy director of the Songshan District: [phone]Diao Zhigang (刁志刚), deputy director of the Songshan District: [phone]Party Committee of the Songshan District: [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone]Songshan District Government: [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone]Wan Chaoqi (万超岐), Chifeng City Party secretaryLi Zhigang (李志刚), head of Chifeng City Police Department: [phone]Chen Junbo (陈俊波), deputy head of Chifeng City Police DepartmentGuo Yuqiang (郭玉强), secretary general of the Chifeng City Party Committee: [phone]Xu Zhenshan (许振山), secretary of Chifeng Political and Legal Affairs CommitteeWang Linzong (王琳琮), deputy secretary of the Chifeng Political and Legal Affairs Committee: [phone]Yuan Wenying (袁文英), Minister of United Front Work of Chifeng Municipal Committee: [phone]Yu Weidong (于伟东), minister of Propaganda of Chifeng Municipal Committee: [phone]Wang Guosen (汪国森), deputy nayor of Chifeng City: [phone]Huang Guowen (黄国文), deputy mayor of Chifeng City: [phone]Li Yanru (李艳茹), deputy mayor of Chifeng City: [phone]Wang Lien (王立恩), secretary general of Chifeng Municipal Government: [phone]Zou Dehua (邹德华), secretary of the Standing Committee of the Chifeng Municipal People's Congress: [phone]Zhang Hua (张华), director of the Standing Committee of the Chifeng Municipal People's Congress: [phone]Huang Yanfeng (黄彦峰), deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Chifeng Municipal People's Congress: [phone]Tian Xiangcun (田向存), deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Chifeng Municipal People's Congress: [phone]Luo Xiuyan (骆秀燕), deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Chifeng Municipal People's Congress: [phone]Zhang Heng (张恒), deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Chifeng Municipal People's Congress: [phone]Yang Zhongxin (杨中新), secretary general of the Standing Committee of the Chifeng Municipal People's Congress: [phone]Zhang Wenge (张文革), Vice Chairman of Chifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: [phone]Gao Xiaogang (高晓刚), vice chairman of Chifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: [phone]Qiu Wenbo (邱文博), vice chairman of Chifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: [phone]Yu Fengxian (于凤先), vice chairman of Chifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: [phone]Nan Zhenhu (南振虎), vice chairman of Chifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: [phone]Huang Li (黄鹂), vice chairman of Chifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: [phone]Ma Zhanguo (马占国), vice chairman of Chifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: [phone]Lin Jinghua (林晶华), vice chairman of Chifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: [phone]Peng Shiming (彭士明), secretary general of the Standing Committee of the Chifeng Municipal People's Congress: [phone]Jiang Hai (姜海), Chifeng City Political and Legal Affairs Committee: +86-476-18604760036Li Haonan (李浩楠), secretary of Balinzuo Banner Committee: [phone]Yu Zhaofei (于兆飞), secretary of Ningcheng County Political and Legal Affairs Committee: [phone]Li Chunxiang (李春祥), Chifeng City Discipline Inspection Commission: [phone]Liu Zixiu (刘子秀), Chifeng City Discipline Inspection Commission: [phone]Qu Guoguang (曲国光), Chifeng City Discipline Inspection Commission: [phone]Chifeng Political and Legal Affairs Committee: [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone]Bai Yiner (白音尔): [phone]Bi Zhaodong (毕兆东): [phone]Xing Heping (邢和平): [phone]Yu Haichao (于海潮): [phone]Qi Yongsheng (齐永生): [phone]Jia Guolong (贾国龙): [phone]Li Pengyuan (李鹏远): [phone]Bai Xiliang (白希良): [phone]Tang Xiangjun (汤向军): [phone]Li Zhuwei (李柱维): [phone]