Victim:

Su Gang, 32, male, an employee at the Instrument and Meter Unit of the Alkene Plant of Qilu Petro-Chemical Company, Shandong province. He held a Bachelor's degree in computer science from Shandong University.

Location of Detention and Torture:

1.      The Changle Mental Hospital, Weifang city, Shandong province

2.      The Security department of the Alkene Plant of the Qilu Petro-Chemical Company, Shandong province

Perpetrators:

1.      The Head of the Changle Mental Hospital, Weifang city, Shandong province

2.      The Head of the security department of the Alkene Plant of the Qilu Petro-Chemical Company, Shandong province

A Brief Report of the Incident:

In 2000, Mr. Su Gang was arrested three times by the security department of his workplace, and was detained for a total of 130 days because he practiced Falun Gong. Mr. Su went to Beijing to report the injustice of these actions against him to higher authorities. As a result, he was arrested and escorted back to his work unit, where he was detained for one month. On May 23, 2000, the authorities from Mr. Su's workplace put him in the Changle Mental Hospital without notifying his family members. He was detained there until May 31, 2000. On May 31, 2000, Mr. Su Gang's uncle, Mr. Su Lianxi, learned the news of Su Gang's detention in the hospital. Mr. Su Lianxi then started a hunger strike to protest his nephew's illegal detention.

At 6:00 p.m. on May 31, 2000, in spite of interference from Ge Yunwei, the head of the Qidu Public Security Department, the security members of Mr. Su's workplace sent him back to his father, Mr. Su Dean. After experiencing nine days of torture in the mental hospital, which included daily over-doses of injections that damaged his neural system, Mr. Su looked entirely different. He had a dull look in his eyes, and no expression on his pale face. He was reacted very slowly, and his limbs seemed stiff. Although he received good care from family members at home, Mr. Su Gang's condition continued to get worse. He was not able to recover from the severe mental and physical damage he suffered at the mental hospital. He died on the morning of June 10, 2000.

News Report:

1.      “PLA Officer Drugged in Mental Hospital for Falun Gong Beliefs”, Agence France Presse, June 28, 2000

BEIJING, June 28 (AFP)

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Su Gang, a computer engineer and college graduate, died on June 10 after receiving twice daily injections for seven days at the Changle Mental Hospital in Changle city, Shandong province, his father, Su Dean, had told by phone.

In the past year, practitioners and human rights groups have reported several cases of practitioners being locked in mental hospitals.

type = Case, Psychiatric; type=Case, Death; location= Shandong, Weifang