(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: +86-13804766680Jiang Cong (姜丛), director of the Songshan District: +86-18604766667Fu Qiang (付强), deputy director of the Songshan District: +86-13848885689Zhao Yanhong (赵延宏), deputy director of the Songshan District: +86-15335666000Diao Zhigang (刁志刚), deputy director of the Songshan District: +86-13948160001Party Committee of the Songshan District: +86-476-8459999, +86-476-8458888, +86-476-8458899, +86-476-8446808, +86-476-8465699, +86-476-8466801, +86-476-8468168, +86-476-8446666, +86-476-8466810, +86-476-8466801, +86-476-8466802, +86-476-8466803, +86-476-8466806, +86-476-8466678, +86-476-8446758, +86-476-8466414Songshan District Government: +86-476-8445188, +86-476-8466661, +86-476-8408818, +86-476-8446868, +86-476-8446266, +86-476-8466243, +86-476-8466299, +86-476-8466833, +86-476-8466827, +86-476-8466827, +86-476-8466833, +86-476-8466900, +86-476-8466900, +86-476-8442645, +86-476-8441986, +86-476-8446831Wan Chaoqi (万超岐), Chifeng City Party secretaryLi Zhigang (李志刚), head of Chifeng City Police Department: +86-15849646257Chen Junbo (陈俊波), deputy head of Chifeng City Police DepartmentGuo Yuqiang (郭玉强), secretary general of the Chifeng City Party Committee: +86-18804766339Xu 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: +86-13804768076Yuan Wenying (袁文英), Minister of United Front Work of Chifeng Municipal Committee: +86-15849655777Yu Weidong (于伟东), minister of Propaganda of Chifeng Municipal Committee: +86-18804766669Wang Guosen (汪国森), deputy nayor of Chifeng City: +86-15304767799Huang Guowen (黄国文), deputy mayor of Chifeng City: +86-13804769116Li Yanru (李艳茹), deputy mayor of Chifeng City: +86-13947605666Wang Lien (王立恩), secretary general of Chifeng Municipal Government: +86-18904769869Zou Dehua (邹德华), secretary of the Standing Committee of the Chifeng Municipal People's Congress: +86-13804760256Zhang Hua (张华), director of the Standing Committee of the Chifeng Municipal People's Congress: +86-18704764567Huang Yanfeng (黄彦峰), deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Chifeng Municipal People's Congress: +86-18604766166Tian Xiangcun (田向存), deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Chifeng Municipal People's Congress: +86-13848567111Luo Xiuyan (骆秀燕), deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Chifeng Municipal People's Congress: +86-13634761188Zhang Heng (张恒), deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Chifeng Municipal People's Congress: +86-13314760005Yang Zhongxin (杨中新), secretary general of the Standing Committee of the Chifeng Municipal People's Congress: +86-13947622938Zhang Wenge (张文革), Vice Chairman of Chifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: +86-13947600850Gao Xiaogang (高晓刚), vice chairman of Chifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: +86-18604760051Qiu Wenbo (邱文博), vice chairman of Chifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: +86-18004761888Yu Fengxian (于凤先), vice chairman of Chifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: +86-18504760303Nan Zhenhu (南振虎), vice chairman of Chifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: +86-15304761666Huang Li (黄鹂), vice chairman of Chifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: +86-15804762233Ma Zhanguo (马占国), vice chairman of Chifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: +86-13304768828Lin Jinghua (林晶华), vice chairman of Chifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: +86-13500661189Peng Shiming (彭士明), secretary general of the Standing Committee of the Chifeng Municipal People's Congress: +86-13947640686Jiang Hai (姜海), Chifeng City Political and Legal Affairs Committee: +86-476-18604760036Li Haonan (李浩楠), secretary of Balinzuo Banner Committee: +86-18604760766Yu Zhaofei (于兆飞), secretary of Ningcheng County Political and Legal Affairs Committee: +86-15904761868Li Chunxiang (李春祥), Chifeng City Discipline Inspection Commission: +86-13947676888Liu Zixiu (刘子秀), Chifeng City Discipline Inspection Commission: +86-13847696580Qu Guoguang (曲国光), Chifeng City Discipline Inspection Commission: +86-13514761860Chifeng Political and Legal Affairs Committee: +86-476-8821261, +86-476-820069, +86-476-8335529, +86-476-8368810, +86-476-8337350, +86-476-8337060, +86-476-8347412, +86-476-8335996, +86-476-8820070, +86-476-8820067, +86-476-8347416, +86-476-8820071, +86-476-8838688Bai Yiner (白音尔): +86-13947609991Bi Zhaodong (毕兆东): +86-18604760596Xing Heping (邢和平): +86-13904765817Yu Haichao (于海潮): +86-18647609599Qi Yongsheng (齐永生): +86-18647609566Jia Guolong (贾国龙): +86-188 04763166Li Pengyuan (李鹏远): +86-18247603999Bai Xiliang (白希良): +86-15947679055Tang Xiangjun (汤向军): +86-13904760034Li Zhuwei (李柱维): +86-13604768665