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Mr. Zhang Xingcai Tortured to Death in Wumaping Prison, Sichuan Province (Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhang
Xingcai from Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province, was illegally sentenced to seven
and a half years of imprisonment. On September 8, 2006, Mr. Zhang was
illegally arrested by officials. He was then sent to Wumaping
Prison, where he was tortured to death on March, 31, 2007. Mr. Zhang Xingcai, 59 years old, was a former official at the Land Office of
the Renhe District Branch in Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province. Due to a health
condition, he had retired from work. He lived in Changping Village, Yimin
Township, Yanbian County, Sichuan Province. He regained his health after
practicing Falun Dafa in 1995. After the persecution started, he went to
Beijing's City Hall in April 2000 to peacefully appeal for Falun Dafa. As a
result, he was detained twice and sent to a brainwashing center and persecuted. In March 2004, Mr. Zhang was arrested by officers from the police station in
Panzhihua City and detained at Yanbian County Detention Center. During that
detention, he was tortured so seriously that he couldn't walk by himself. He was
sent to the emergency room and kept in the hospital for some time. In October
2004, in order to attend his hearing at Yanbian County Court, he was carried on
another prisoner's back. Even in this condition, the court still sentenced him
to prison for seven and a half years. His family members later bailed him out
for medical treatment. On September 8, 2006, even though Mr. Zhang had not recovered completely, he
was arrested again at his home by Li Faming and three other policemen from
Hongge Police Substation and later sent to Wumaping Prison in Muchuan County,
Sichuan Province. In November 2006, a member of his family went to the prison
and requested his release. Another prisoner had to carry Mr. Zhang out, but the
prison authorities refused his family member's request to set Mr. Zhang free. On March 20, 2007, a prison administrator called Mr. Zhang's daughter and
said that Mr. Zhang needed a woolen vest, shirts, trousers and shoes. At around
1:00 p.m. March 30, 2007, the prison authorities called his family again and
said that Mr. Zhang was diagnosed with blood poisoning and some other diseases.
That day his family hurried to catch a train, and between 1 and 2 the next
afternoon (March 31), his family visited him at Quanwei County Hospital. He was
on oxygen, but he was not conscious. At 7 p.m. on March 31, the hospital notified his family that Zhang Xingcai
had died. The death certificate indicated that he died from acute pancreatitis.
His family was also asked if an autopsy was needed. The prison told his family
that they had first sent Mr. Zhang to Qingxi Town Hospital, then transferred him
to Quanwei County Hospital, and that they had invited a doctor from Huaxi
Medical University to treat him. Contact information: Wumaping Prison of Muchuan County, Leshan, Sichuan Province,
Zip code 614503 The guards in the fourth area: Xuan Chong, Yu Chonghua,
Zhang Zhong Others involved in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners: head
of the education division Luo Jiangtao and head of the prison political division
Yuan Dingxing Posting date: 4/26/2007 |