(Minghui.org) Editor’s note: This is part of a series of death cases newly translated by the English site of Minghui.org. These cases have long been published on the Chinese site of Minghui.org but have not been translated until now.
Name: Guo ChunzhanChinese Name: 郭春占Gender: MaleAge: unknownCity: HuludaoProvince: LiaoningOccupation:Date of Death: April 30, 2015Date of Most Recent Arrest: 2009Most Recent Place of Detention: Shenyang No. 1 Prison
Mr. Guo Chunzhan was arrested in 2009 for practicing Falun Gong and sentenced to four years in prison.
He once recalled the torture at Shenyang No. 1 Prison, “They used electric batons to shock me from head to toe, everywhere they could. Sometimes it was two batons at the same time, sometimes more. Apart from the time when they ate and when the batons needed to be recharged, it was non-stop for three days and nights.”
But that was not the end of it. The next day, the police filled plastic bottles with boiling hot water and pressed them against Mr. Guo’s bare back and buttocks. When one bottle cooled, it was replaced with another hot one. When they were done, his back was completely scorched.
For the next two months, Mr. Guo had to lay on his stomach. He could hardly move, but that did not stop police from torturing him further. “They instructed inmates to use screwdrivers to scrape off the scabs. They called it ‘performing surgery,’” Mr. Guo said, “The pain was excruciating. It was worse than being dead.”
When he left prison in 2013, a large area on his back had necrosis, an irreversible condition of dead skin tissue. He also had many internal injuries from being tortured at the prison. He passed away on April 30, 2015.
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