Li Guoshun Persecuted to Death, Family Members Forced to Remain Silent
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioner Li Guoshun from Baisha Town,
Xinluo District, Longyan City, Fujian Province was arrested and imprisoned by
police on August 23, 2004. He went on a hunger strike to protest and was
persecuted to death on October 14, 2004. Recently, the town police chief had
someone convey a message to Li Guoshun's mother that if some people came to
investigate Li Guoshun's case or asked about anything related to Falun Gong, she
had to reply, "I don't know." Li Guoshun died a tragic death, and he was cremated by the authorities. His
family members have not seen any medical records or postmortem examination
reports. So far, they have no place to appeal, and their injustice cannot be
redressed. Li Guoshun's mother often cries, but now she is actually being told
to maintain silence about the police's crime. Mr. Li Guoshun was 27 years old. In August 2000, he was sent to a forced
labor camp for one year for going to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong.
He was released on August 9, 2001. In December 2001, he was again sent to a
forced labor camp for two years because some truth-clarifying materials were
discovered at his residence. On August 23, 2004, less than six months after his release from the forced
labor camp, Li Guoshun was arrested once again and imprisoned at Longyan
Detention Center. Li Guoshun went on a hunger strike to protest, but the
detention center and Minxi Prison Hospital intentionally delayed his treatment
indefinitely. Li Guoshun's mother twice asked for him to be released on bail for
medical treatment, but her requests were rejected both times. Only when Li
Guoshun had reached a critical condition and could not be rescued did the police
request his family members to obtain a guarantor to post bail. On October 3,
2004, Li Guoshun was sent over to the Longyan City Second Hospital for emergency
treatment. The doctor said that had the jail hospital treated Li Guoshun in a
timely manner, the situation would not be as dire. It has been reported that on the day when Li Guoshun was sent to the
hospital, he was extremely thin, his limbs were icy cold, he was handcuffed
under the quilt, his lower body was naked, and his buttocks were very red and
ulcerated. Afterwards, the detention center refused to pay the fee, and the
hospital forced Li's family members to pay, threatening to withhold medical
treatment. The family members implored the physician-in-charge many times,
asking her to treat Li Guoshun with every effort. The physician-in-charge just
shook her head and told the family members' that Li was beyond hope. The
detention center chief tried to get the family members to leave several times to
prevent them from having private talks with the doctor. Li Guoshun died 10 days later on October 14, 2004. Town local police department: Baisha Town Police Department, Xinluo District,
Longyan City, Fujian Province.
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