(Clearwisdom.net) [Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the Minghui.org website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).]
Since July 20, 1999, practitioner Mr. Zhang Qin from Shanghai has been persecuted by lawless officials. He was illegally detained many times. He was held for one month at a Beijing custody center, four years at the Shanghai Tilanqiao Prison, one year at a labor camp, and also at Jingan District Detention Center and the Xuhui District Detention Center, after which he was released while awaiting trial. On November 8, 2005, officers from the Minhang Police Department in Shanghai arrested and detained him, and his current whereabouts is unknown.
Mr. Zhang is in his 50s. He was a technical expert at the Shengde Plastics Corporation Ltd. in Shanghai. He held the positions of head of the Quality Inspection Section, chief engineer, and assistant office director. He was brutally persecuted only because he persisted in practicing Falun Gong. In March 2001, Mr. Zhang was arrested for the fourth time and was forced to stand facing a wall for six days and nights at the Xuhui Detention Center, until he became delirious. His feet ulcerated and he was on the brink of death. During the early stage of his four-year detention at Tilanqiao Forced Labor Camp in Shanghai, each day the guards or inmates savagely beat him for about two hours. His father, who is in his 80s, and ill mother constantly worry about their son's safety. Recently, his mother collapsed from a serious condition and was hospitalized.
