Zuo Guoqing 10.27.2003

ZUO Guoqing, male, 37 years old, was an employee of Normal Pressure Workshop in the First Petroleum Refinery Factory, Daqing Petroleum Refinery Incorporated, Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province. He was born in Shaodong County, Hunan Province.

Before he died of torture, ZUO was sent to forced labor camp four times for not giving up his belief in "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance" the fundamental teachings of Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) and for being a kind person. ZUO went through various kinds of tortures.

During the second detention in Daqing Labor Camp, ZUO was tortured by forcibly being fed with food and highly concentrated salt water, even though he was not on hunger strike. ZUO was also tormented by the rope tying torture three times. The torture brought on him pleurisy, tuberculosis and pneumonia. He was released under the guise of "medical treatment."

In the afternoon of May 7th, 2003, ZUO was abducted by the National Security Bureau. In the National Security Bureau, he was cuffed to a chair continuously for over 20 days. He was often interrogated until late at night. He was then sent to Suihua City Labor Camp for continuous detention, which led to the inflammation of his entire body and a life-threatening illness.

He died at 11am on October 27, 2003 in his hometown in Hunan Province.