Mr. Wang Bin, 31, fell from the fourth floor while in police custody and died the next day. His body is being kept under heavy guard which raises the question of what an independent autopsy might show.
A recent incidence of police brutality in Tangshan City.
Mr. Wang Bin Dies as a Result of
Persecution in Hebi City, Henan Province
Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Bin, 31, passed away as a result of the persecution by the police. Police officers from the cities of Anyang and Hebi, including Wei, Wang, Song, Liu Wei, and Chen Hewen, broke into Mr. Wang's home at around noon on May 20, 2010, ransacked his home and illegally arrested him. They also confiscated several computers, DVD, MP4 and MP5 players, Falun Gong books, cell phones, and other items, and recorded phone numbers of Mr. Wang's contacts.
Mr. Wang fell from the fourth floor at 4 p.m. on May 20 while in police custody. The fall left him unconscious, with serious injuries to the head, lungs, kidney, ribs, and legs. He passed away at 8 a.m. on May 21.
Mr. Wang's body is being kept in the 1st Hospital of Hebi City. Anyang City sent a large group of policemen to guard his body. An autopsy was performed on May 25.
The police also interrogated all of Mr. Wang's family members and other individuals that went to his house or the mortuary to pay their respects.
This was Mr. Wang's fourth arrest since the start of the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese communist regime in 1999.
Previously, on the evening of July 8, 2008, Mr. Wang was arrested in
Zhengzhou City and held at Guancheng District Detention Center for 15 days. He
was then sentenced to one year of forced labor at Baimiao Forced Labor Camp. He was released from the
labor camp in October 2009.
Ms. Shang Shiying and Others Tortured
under Police Detention
On the afternoon of January 14, 2010, Ms. Shang Shiying, Ms. Shan Huanrong, and Ms. Li Chunxiang were arrested in Fengnan District, Tangshan City. The police did not show any identification. Ms. Shang and Ms. Shan's homes were both ransacked. Li Lianguang from Fengnan District Police Precinct and Li Yingxiang from Diaoyutai Police Station in Tangshan City were responsible.
In the precinct, the police interrogated them. The three practitioners were forced to sit on iron chairs for 24 hours. They were not allowed to close their eyes and or use the bathroom. Because Ms. Shang refused to have her picture taken, Captain Yao from the District Domestic Security Team pulled her hair downwards by force, which caused a pinched nerve in her neck. The outside of her right thumb was numb and she was dizzy, with pain in her neck and shoulders. She also experienced high blood pressure.
On the night of January 15, 2010, the three women were taken to Fengnan Detention Center. Zhang Baocai, director of the detention center, brutally kicked them. One of his kicks landed on Ms. Li's left breast, which was extremely painful for her. Zhang slapped Ms. Shang on the face and her face swelled up. When Zhang kept on slapping Ms. Shan, a guard tried to stop Zhang, but Zhang assaulted him, as well.
After the beatings, the three practitioners were handcuffed and shackled. Ms. Shang could not stand up because she felt dizzy, and her thumb was still numb. Her blood pressure went up to 170/100. She asked that the handcuffs and shackles be removed, but her request was ignored.
Two weeks later, Ms. Shang's had scars on her wrists because the handcuffs were so heavy and tight that her skin had been torn and rubbed off. The heavy shackles around her ankles had rubbed her socks threadbare.