Wang Xuzhi, male, 30, a driver of a bottling company in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province In early December 1999, Mr. Wang Xuzhi was arrested and sent to the Jiuru Village Detention Center in Chengdu City. In mid-January 2000, he was secretly sentenced to a year and a half of forced labor in the Ziyang Dayan Labor Camp. During his detention, the camp guards beat Mr. Wang’s head with the butts of their rifles, and repeatedly used the “police rope” on him. [“Police Rope” - a hemp core is tightly wound around the victim’s neck, shoulders, armpits, upper and lower arms that are behind the victim’s back, and wrists; the arms are then suddenly yanked upward. Holding the arms in that position, even for a few minutes, is very painful and can lead to permanent injury or even death.]

One time, over 200 convicted inmates surrounded Mr. Wang and took turns beating him for an entire day. Mr. Wang went on a hunger strike for over 150 days to protest his illegal detention. During his hunger strike, he was even force-fed urine and feces. Due to the adverse effects of such long-term and inhumane torture, Mr. Wang became extremely weak, and appeared to be near death. To avoid responsibility for their crimes, the labor camp released him. Mr. Wang never recovered, and died a few days later, in the evening of August 5, 2000.

type=Case,Death; type=Detention Center, Jiuru Village Detention Center; type=Labor Camp, Ziyang Dayan Labor Camp; type=Case,Women; location=Sichuan,Chengdu