4/11/2003
(Clearwisdom.net)
Before his death, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhao Dexiu was head of a
division and a model worker at the Bureau of Telegraph and Information, in
Xinyang City, Henan Province. In the Spring of 2001, he was arrested by a
district detention center for his steadfast belief in Falun Dafa and detained in
the Xinyang Detention Center. During his detention, policemen frequently
tortured him, causing him to suffer a mental breakdown and greatly damaging his
health in general. Zhao Dexiu's was released after being forced to pay a heavy
fine, and died soon thereafter due to his poor health.