Ms. Gu Chuanying, female, age 65, was a senior engineer at the Hongguang Electron Tubing Factory in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. 

On July 20, 1999, in order to help explain the facts about the persecution of Falun Gong, Gu Chuanying went to Beijing to appeal to the central government. As a result, she was arrested and detained at the Jiurucun Detention Center in Chengdu City. She was also sent to a brainwashing class, which was set up in a hotel under the auspices of the Nanmusi Labor Camp. Although she was harassed by people from the police station, the "610 Office," the neighborhood committee and street administration office, Ms. Gu persisted in her belief in Falun Gong. She also patiently told them the facts about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, and urged them not to assist those responsible for the persecution.  Later, she was released.

On May 23, 2003, Gu Chuanying was arrested again by policemen from Jianshelu Police Station and was sent to Chengdu City No.1 Detention Center in Pixian County. She began a one-month hunger strike against her detention. Ms. Gu was then force-fed by the guards. She was also infected with scabies, developed severe heart problems, and was on the brink of death. On July 11, 2003, the detention center authorities told her family to take her home. By that time, the scabies had spread all over her body. Her whole body was swollen and she had difficulty breathing. As a consequence of the persistent torture she experienced, Ms. Gu died on December 24, 2003.

type=Case, Death; type=Case, Women; type=Detention Center, Chengdu City No. 1 Detention Center; location=Sichuan, Chengdu;