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More Facts on the 2002 Torture Death of Falun Dafa Practitioner Sun Jihong
(Clearwisdom.net) Sun Jihong, 40, was chief of the Huanan Forestry Bureau
Police Station in Heilongjiang Province. He was imprisoned many times because of
his belief in Falun Gong. On September 25, 2002, Sun Jihong was again detained
and illegally imprisoned in Beijing. After four days of torture, Sun Jihong died
on September 29, 2002. There was a hole in his forehead, six holes in his
cheeks, and his body was covered with cuts and bruises. Since the persecution began, Sun Jihong has been detained three times in the
Huanan Forestry Bureau Police Department. His wife Yuan Hezhen was detained
twice. After being released, they were still monitored closely and had very
restricted personal freedom. They were forced to report to the police precinct
twice a day. Yuan Hezhen used to work for the Forestry Bureau Commercial Bank. She was
fully prepared for the nationwide accountant qualification examination. Two days
before the exam she went to the police department to get her identification
card. The police department authorities refused to return it to her, and she
thereby lost her chance to take the exam. When Yuan Hezhen went to work, the police monitored her outside of the bank
lobby. Several policemen often went to their house to harass her morning or
night. The family's daily life and child's school attendance was severely
disturbed. The couple couldn't help but leave home on January 7, 2000. In July 2002 Sun Jihong was arrested in Beijing. On the way back he escaped
by jumping off the train at Tieling City, Heilongjiang Province. On September
25, 2002 Sun Jihong was arrested again in Beijing. He was tortured to death on
September 29. After receiving the death notification, Huanan Forestry Bureau Police
Department deputy director Jia Shouhui, the current director who was mainly
responsible for persecuting Falun Gong, persons from the "610"
Office," (National Security Section) head Song Dianlin, Sun Jihong's mother
and another relative went to the Domestic Security Protection Branch at Fengtai
Police Department of the Beijing in the afternoon on October 3. The people who
were present included Lu Dongsheng, head of the Domestic Security Protection
Branch at the Fengtai Police Department, deputy head Huang Ping, a
representative with last name of Zhao from the Domestic Security Protection
Branch,and a young representative from the police department. Deputy head Huang Ping reported that on the night of September 25, 2002, Sun
Jihong was posting flyers reading, "Falun Dafa is Great" and "Falun
Rotates Continuously" behind a building near the Caoqiao in Beijing. Three
security guards discovered him. When Sun Jihong tried to go over the wall to
escape, he was arrested. After illegal detention he was interrogated at the Yu
Quanming police precinct and at the Domestic Security Protection Branch. For
five days and four nights Sun Jihong didn't eat or drink. No matter what
questions the police asked, he never cooperated. On September 28 Sun Jihong told
them his name, so the police escorted him at night to find out where he lived.
At noon of September 29 they went out again for over three hours to find where
he lived. When they came back to the police precinct, at around 4:10 p.m., he
suddenly breathed very heavily and fast, fell to the ground and died. Pouring
water on him didn't help. Sun Jihong's mother asked if there were any wounds on Sun Jihong's body. Lu
Dongshen answered that there were wounds on his legs and back. The family asked
for his file. They didn't receive it, nor were they permitted to make a copy.
The family asked to look at the body. They weren't allowed to see it until the
night of October 5. On their way to see Sun Jihong's body, Huang Ping, Jia Shouhui and Song
Dianlin were in one car. The two family members and a female police officer were
in another car. The driver was Zhao. When they got to the morgue at the
Coroners' Laboratory Test Center of the Beijing Public Security Bureau, Huang
Ping asked the security guard, "Let me see the body that was sent here from
the Fengtai Police Department on the 30th." The security guard
said they have an unidentified body. Four people from the Huanan Police
Department said that it was not Sun Jihong when they saw the body. Huang Ping
insisted that it was. Huang Ping showed us the upper body picture on the file.
Sun Jihong was naked and his hair was unkempt, as if it was just washed. His
eyes were wide open. The family asked to wash off the thick powder on the body's face. After they
washed it off, it clearly showed there was a cut by the left eyebrow and there
were six holes in his right cheek, which looked like they came from being poked
with a lit cigarette or thick needle. It was poked through the cheek. Many burn
marks were on his forehead, between his eyebrows, and on his forehead and neck.
The burned areas were big and deep. There were wounds on his ribs, back and
legs. The family previously didn't really believe that the police could be this
brutal. After they saw the body they said, "They were so ruthless and
brutal!" Huang Ping was scared and exclaimed, "It wasn't me!" The family requested to take pictures, demanded to look at the body in
private, asked to look at the files, and made other requests. The police refused
all of them. The family said Sun Jihong didn't have heart disease. He had been
very healthy. His hair was dark and shiny. He face always looked glowing and
healthy, but his body obviously shows that he was tortured and beaten to death. The family demanded to bring the murderers to justice for their criminal act
of torturing Sun Jihong. Lu Dongshen said they were looking into the matter to
take some action, but the family never heard about any updates afterwards. Sun Jihong's body was cremated at 10:00 a.m. on October 6. His ashes were
carried back to Huanan on October 7. Phone Numbers: Domestic Security Protection Branch at Fengtai Branch of the Beijing Police
Department Address: No 21, East Street, Fengtai Town, Fengtai District, Beijing, Zip
Code 10071 Head of Domestic Security Protection Branch, Lu Dongsheng,
86-13301158100(Cell) Deputy Head, Huang Ping, 86-10-63897612(Office) 86-13801380186(Cell) Heilongjiang Province Huanan Forestry Bureau, Zip Code 154431 Director Tai Yongzhi 86-454-6685026(Office) 86-454-6687666(Home)
86-13704549666(Cell) Secondary Secretary, Huo Chunsheng,
86-454-6685017(Office) 86-454-6686666(Home) 86-13796365777(Cell) Police Department |