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Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Wang Hongde Tortured to Death in Daqing City (Photo)
(Clearwisdom.net) Hongweixing Prison in Daqing City released practitioner
Mr. Wang Hongde a few weeks ago. On his release, Mr. Wang was on the verge of
death as a result of being tortured in prison. On April 30, 2005, fifteen days
after his release, Mr. Wang passed away. Mr. Wang Hongde, 56, was an employee of the Xinhua Power Generation Plant in
Datong District, Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province. He started practicing Falun
Gong in 1997. After the persecution started in July 1999, Mr. Wang persisted in
his belief. Therefore, the Datong District police unlawfully detained him twice
(15 days each time), in March 2000 and February 2001. After the second
detention, Mr. Wang was forced to leave his hometown. In spring of 2001, Mr. Wang invested over 200,000 yuan, planting
seedlings and cactus, in Beijing and Tangshan. However, the contractor and
persecutors from the Yutian County Police Department (in Tangshan City) did not
honor his contract and forbade Mr. Wang from conducting his business. Their
excuse for not honoring the contract was that Mr. Wang was a Falun Gong
practitioner. As a result, Mr. Wang suffered extensive financial losses. On April 26, 2002, staff from the Yutian County Police Department arrested
Mr. Wang and ransacked his home in Tangshan City. They found and confiscated
11,000 yuan, calling it a "fine." Because Mr. Wang refused to give up
his belief in Falun Dafa, the persecutors sentenced him to a 5-year prison term.
On August 16, 2003, Mr. Wang was sent to Hongweixing Prison in Daqing City. On the first day, some training group guards beat and tortured Mr. Wang with
leather belts. As a result, his hands were swollen, his palms were bleeding, and
half of a tooth in his upper-right jaw was broken off. During the illegal
detention, staff from the prison's "Education Section" (610
Office) forced him to watch video programs slandering Falun Dafa. They
tried to brainwash him and tortured him mentally. Around December 2002, Mr. Wang suffered a heart attack as a result of the
torture. He fell into a coma. He was then diagnosed with severe heart disease (mitral
stenosis and third-degree heart weakness). At that time, Wang Hongde's family
members asked the prison to release him for medical treatment. His family asked
for compassionate leave many times. However, the prison authorities refused
their requests. A guard even said, "We would rather see a Falun Gong
practitioner die in here than releasing him or her for medical treatment." On January 14, 2005, family members of Mr. Wang received a phone call from
someone in the prison, who told them to go to the prison with 2,000 yuan - the
persecutors wanted to release Mr. Wang for medical treatment. On April 30, 2005,
15 days after he was released, Wang Hongde passed away. Recently, persecutors in Hongweixing Prison launched a new round of
persecution of practitioners. It is rumored that practitioner Jin Sheng, who was
sent to the prison in 2002, had been tortured so severely as to be on the verge
of death. Jin Sheng's family members requested a visit, but the authorities in
the prison have refused their request. Responsible people in Hongweixing Prison, Daqing City and their phone
numbers: (The prison's postal code: 163000) Tang Yongfu, Head of the prison: 86-459-5056688 (Office), 86-459-5105087
(Home), 86-13303690588 (Cellular) Chen Qingfa, Political Commissar: 86-459-5058588 (Office), 86-459-4686358
(Home), 86-13329491288 (Cell) Wang Jiaren, Deputy Head of the prison: 86-459-5050616 (Office),
86-459-4687616 (Home), 86-13303691339 (Cell) Zhang Yajun, Deputy Head of the prison: 86-459-5059122 (Office),
86-459-6388889 (Home), 86-13359825633 (Cell) Jiang Shuchen, Deputy Head of the prison: 86-459-5059808 (Office),
86-459-6783122 (Home), 86-13936711131 (Cell) Wang Yingjie, Deputy Head of the prison: 86-459-5059919 (Office),
86-459-6363870 (Home), 86-13329393777 (Cell) Tan Ronglai, Director of the Political Division: 86-459-5050618 (Office),
86-459-6133365 (Home), 86-13304694188 (Cell) Xu Zhi, Associate Director of the Political Division: 86-459-5059918
(Office), 86-13936702596 (Cell) Gong Huaqiang, Discipline Inspection Office Director: 86-459-5059590
(Office), 86-459-4660518 (Home), 86-13845929612 (Cell) Guo Chuntang, Education Section Director: 86-459-5059750 (Office),
86-459-6388886 (Home), 86-13039882277 (Cell) Li Fangjie, the No. 3 Ward Head: 86-459-5059835 (Office), 86-459-5825637
(Home), 86-13091681555 (Cell) Li Weinan, the No. 4 Ward Director: 86-459-5059834 (Office), 86-459-4623917
(Home), 86-13199066767 (Cell) Tian Xifeng, Deputy Head of the Internal Control Group: 86-459-4624333
(Home), 86-13845968800 (Cell) Huang Zhiwei, Prison Hospital Director: 86-459-5059828 (Office),
86-13091685087 (Cell) 06/06/2005
Posting date: 6/12/2005
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