Mother Wang Lixuan and son Meng Hao

Ms. Wang Lixuan was a 27-year-old resident of Nangou Village, Qixiasikou Town, Yantai City, Shandong Province. Her son Meng Hao was 8 months old.

On October 21, 2000, Ms. Wang Lixuan and her eight-month-old son, Meng Hao, were arrested by officials from the local Shandong government’s liaison office and detained at Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp in Beijing. They were on their way to Beijing to appeal to the central government to end the persecution of Falun Gong.

On November 7, 2000, Ms. Wang and her son were tortured to death at Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp, Beijing. When her family received the death notice and arrived in Beijing, they found the frozen corpses of Ms. Wang and her son. According to the coroner’s exam, her neck and knucklebones were broken, her skull was sunken and there was a needle stuck in her body. There were two deep bruises on her son’s ankles. Moreover, there were two black and blue spots on his head and blood in his nose. The bruises may have been caused when the guards of the labor camp shackled little Meng Hao’s ankles and hung him upside down.

Family members of Ms. Wang have also been persecuted. Her sister, Ms. Wang Lihui, was sent to a labor camp because she practiced Falun Gong at Yantai University. Her brother was also sent to a labor camp for practicing Falun Gong at Jinan Industrial College.

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