Victim:

Xie Guiying, female, age 32, resident of Huainan City, Anhui Province

Location of Torture and Death:

Chaoyang Branch Police, District branch office of Huainan City, Anhui Province

Perpetrators:

            Chaoyang Branch Police, District branch office of Huainan City, Anhui Province

A brief report of the incident:

Xie Guiying was an employee of the Quanshan Tax Bureau of Huainan City. She was dismissed because she went to appeal for Falun Gong to the central government.

About 8:00 p.m. on October 17, 2000, the police from Chaoyang in their governing region, District branch office of Huainan City in Anhui Province, conducted a search, without any grounds, at the home of Falun Gong practitioner Xie Guiying. The police separated her family and dispersed the surrounding people, then grabbed her by the hair and began beating and kicking her. Later, the police sent her to the Chaoyang police branch for detention.

Early in the morning of October 18, 2000, Xie Guiying was sent to the People’s Hospital in the city because of serious injuries. According to the eyewitness from the hospital, she was wearing very thin clothes and lying on a plank without a blanket. Her whole body was trembling and her lips were chapped. She seemed to be in extreme pain. Three policemen were watching her. No effort to save her was witnessed at the time. At around 10:00 a.m. on October 18, 2000, Xie Guiying died. At 4:00 p.m. of the same day, her body was sent to the Datong Funeral Home by the public security guards.

News Reports:

1. "Three Falun Gong Members Die in Custody," Associated Press (AP), BEIJING 12.10 p.m. ET (1724 GMT) October 30, 2000

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

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

type=Case,Death; type=Case,Women; location=Anhui, Huainan