Mr. Sui Guangxi and his wife were both Falun Gong practitioners from Xiangyangling Village, Niuxibu Township, Laixi City, Shandong Province. At midnight on September 17, 2002, villager Ding Yuxiang, along with eleven policemen and staff members from the local police station and village government climbed over the wall of Sui Guangxi's yard and forcibly dragged him and his wife into a police van. The couple was held at the Sanjiaocun Elementary School for four days and then transferred to the Xinzhuang "610 Office" [1] in Laixi City, where they were forced to listen to broadcasts slandering Falun Gong every day. Because Sui Guangxi refused to listen to the slander, the police subjected him to various forms of torture. They used twisted, soiled sheets to beat him about the head, starved him, and refused to allow him to use the restroom. About 20 days later, he found a chance to escape.