Victim:

Zou Wenzhi, male, 54, resident of Jiuli, Jinzhou District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province

Location of Torture and Death:

Security Division of Dalian Chemical Industry Group Corporation, Liaoning Province

Perpetrators:

1.      Leaders of Dalian Chemical Industry Group Corporation, Dalian City

2.      Head and staff of Security Division, Dalian Chemical Industry Group Corporation

3.      Chief of Dalian Police Station, Dalian City, Liaoning Province

A brief report of the incident:

Zou Wenzhi was an employee of the Dalian Chemical Industry Group Corporation. On October 16, 2000, Zou went to work and was summoned to the security division of the company. At about 3:00 p.m. of that day, his body was sent to the mortuary in the company hospital.

The company claimed that Zou committed suicide at home, but according to witnesses, Zou never left the security division that day. His body was cremated on October 19, 2000. The company blocked the release of any news.

News Report:

1. "Six Falun Gong Members Reported Dead in Chinese Police Detention," Agence France Presse (AFP), BEIJING, October 30, 2000

2. "China: Torture and Deaths Continue," Amnesty International Dublin Central Group News, ACTIVE, December 2000

type=Case,Death; location=Liaoning, Dalian