(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Li Xindi, 43, was a mechanic at an auto repair
factory in Zigong City, Sichuan Province.
In February 2000, Li went to Beijing to appeal. He was arrested and sent back
to Zigong City Detention Center. In early 2002, he went to Beijing to appeal for
a second time, and was again arrested and sent back to the Zigong Detention
Center. Later he was illegally sentenced to "education through forced
labor" and detained at the Xinhua Labor Camp in Mianyang City, Sichuan
Province. He was tortured to death there between April and May of 2002. When his
family examined his body, they found a hole in the back of his head. In order to
shirk the responsibility, the labor camp claimed that he committed suicide.
When a Clearwisdom reporter called the Zigong Police Department on
86-813-4702024 to verify the death of Li Xindi, a policeman confirmed that Li
died last year at the labor camp, but he claimed that Li committed suicide. When
asked why there was a hole in Li's head, the policeman said that was because Li
knocked his head against the wall. But the policeman did not explain how
knocking one's head against the wall would leave a hole in the back of the head.
2003-12-16