Mr. Zhao was arrested on March 31, 2008, while he was passing out materials to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. He was force-fed in the detention center and died on April 20.
On the evening of March 31, 2008, Mr. Zhao was arrested by the Domestic Security Team of Xinmin City Police Department while he was passing out materials to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. He was detained in Xinmin City Detention Center, therefore, he went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution.
The police had staffs from the city hospital brutally force-feed him with unknown drugs. His condition became critical, and on April 14, 2008, he was bailed out and picked up by his sister. He died around April 20, 2008.
Mr. Zhao Shouzhu, 38, a Falun Gong practitioner used to live in Bei'an Village, Yaobao Township, in Xinmin City, Liaoning Province. In September 2000, he was forcibly taken into custody at the Longshan Forced Labor Camp and forced go through brainwashing and severe beatings. In mid-October 2000, practitioners who refused to accept the brainwashing were transferred to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. Warden Su (male) found Mr. Zhao doing the Falun Dafa exercises, and Warden Feng (male) pulled Mr. Zhao by his ears to the interrogation room. Three of Mr. Zhao's ribs were fractured as he was beaten. Guards told Mr. Zhao, "You are not allowed to say that we beat you."
When Mr. Zhao was returned to his cell, the other detained practitioners who saw that he had passed out shouted, "The guards were beating people!"
Later several guards came to examine Mr. Zhao and claimed he was pretending to be hurt. As a result, he received no treatment, and instead seven prisoners dragged him to a room, beat him down to the floor, forced him to stand up, then beat him down again. They held his head down to the floor and took turns kicking him with their leather boots all over his body, even his head.
Upon being released, Mr. Zhao had to leave home to avoid being arrested. He made a living by peddling tricycle before he was tortured to death by the Chinese Communist Party authorities.