(Minghui.org) A Falun Gong practitioner in Gansu Province was arrested in early July 2016 for filing a criminal complaint against Jiang Zemin, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party, who launched the nationwide persecution of Falun Gong in 1999.
Mr. Wei Xingzhu, 53, from Baiyin City, Gansu Province, is currently in poor health in a detention center. The police didn't inform his family of his arrest until it was formally approved by the procuratorate two weeks later. Mr. Wei now faces likely indictment.
Prior to his latest arrest, Mr. Wei was imprisoned for eight years (2004 to 2012) for not giving up his belief in Falun Gong. He was severely tortured in Lanzhou Prison and suffered from gastric outlet obstruction. He was vomiting blood and hospitalized for a long time.
Mr. Wei was emaciated and had lost most of his front teeth when he was released on August 8, 2012. He resumed practicing Falun Gong, and his health quickly improved.
Police Do Not Inform Family of His Arrest
Mr. Wei's daughter first discovered his arrest after he failed to answer her calls on July 8, 2016. She called her grandmother, Ms. Tao Yuzhen, and asked her to check on Mr. Wei.
Ms. Tao went to her son's place several times over the next three days, but never found him at home. She then suspected that he had been arrested.
Several days later, Mr. Wei's daughter received a call from the Domestic Security Division, asking her to sign his arrest paperwork. Only then did the police inform her that Mr. Wei had been arrested 13 days before and that his arrest had been approved by the procuratorate.
Ms. Tao Yuzhen went to the police department several times to demand her son's release. The head of the Domestic Security Division Wu Gongmin threatened to arrest her, as well.
Ms. Tao went to the procuratorate in early August to check on the status of her son’s case, and was told that it had been returned to the Domestic Security Division for more evidence.
Ms. Tao hired a lawyer to represent Mr. Wei. According to the lawyer who visited him in the detention center, Mr. Wei was very weak. His stomach problem had recurred in the detention center, and he was vomiting everything he ate and was very dizzy.
The lawyer filed a complaint against the head of Domestic Security Division for mistreating Mr. Wei while he was detained.
