(Minghui.org) Mr. Wang Xiaozhong, 36, a Falun Gong practitioner from Mudanjiang City, was illegally arrested at home on August 17, 2001. The police notified his family of his death 12 days later.

An employee of the Xinglong Detention Center where Mr. Wang was detained said that Mr. Wang was transferred to Beifang Hospital around midnight. His family were told that Mr. Wang died from a brain hemorrhage.

According to inside information, Mr. Wang's organs, such as his heart, liver and lungs were removed in the hospital and frozen. There was a long cut from his jaw to his pubis. His arms and legs were purple.

The day before Mr. Wang's death, his wife went to see him. He told her that the guards had used electric batons to shock him and mentioned that the food was very poor.

Although he died the next day, his family was not notified until the day after. They were told that he died of a brain hemorrhage and that the detention center had nothing to do with it.

People who knew him say that he was in excellent health.

For more information on Mr. Wang's death, see: Detention Center Guards in Mudanjiang City Torture Practitioner Wang Xiaozong to Death.