By the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of January 4, 2003 On June 26 2003, there was a series of murder cases of Family: “(We) brought him to see a doctor in a psychiatric hospital Not long after the case was first reported, in the middle of Official at local Politics and Legal Committee: “I'm not sure if (he) In August, 2003, one official at the local Politics and Legal People in Charge of a local Hospital: “Chen Fuzhao has mental On Bejing Time Jan. 3, 2004, one official who was in charge “He was not well when he was in Longxin Hospital. He Another doctor who knew Chen told WOIPFG that, “Chen Fuzhao has had Reporter: “When Chen was interviewed, sometimes he was clear-minded and One reporter who interviewed Chen told WOIPFG that when he WOIPFG also found out that there were very few people who Within several months after the case took place, WOIPFG also WOIPFG is expected to have new findings come out in the near Evidence of all the abovementioned investigation findings,
Falun Gong (WOIPFG)
beggars using poison in Cangnan Town, Wenzhou, Zhejiang. After media reported
high-ranking officials including the Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang and
the Provincial Officials in Zhejiang gave instructions to these cases, on July
2, Xinhua News Agency carried an article by Lu Jin in which this case was said
to be “done with an investigation” and it was “suspected that it
was a Falun Gong follower.” On Dec 30, 2003, the intermediate court in
Wenzhou sentenced Chen to death. WOIPFG had opened this case on July 2, 2003,
and released the initial finding on July 5th (http://www.upholdjustice.org/English.2/BeggarMurder_en_revised.pdf
). Our findings showed that this case may well be another excuse made up at the
order of high ranking officials in the Public Security Ministry to try to
justify the persecution of Falun Gong. After an investigation being conducted
over the past six months, WOIPFG has obtained the following findings:
prior to the case.”
July, WOIPFG contacted Chen Xibao, father of Chen Fuzhao. He said that Chen
Fuzhao and his wife Yu Xiaoling had lived together with them at one point when
their child was two months old. After the case Chen's wife returned to her own
parent's place with the baby. “Before the case, (we had) taken (Chen Fuzhao)
to Neian Psychiatric Hospital, where he received treatment for about half a
month” Chen Xibao explained. “While eating, (he) would put his rice on
the table and his eating utensils in the bowl. Also, when he was at home, he
seldom spoke, unlike what was shown on TV. After the poisoning occurred there
were about 500 policemen who came to Longgang Town to investigate. Everyone in
town was asked to go to the police bureau for questioning. I was questioned too.
After Fuzhao was taken for questioning (they) found out about the murder
case.” After Chen Fuzhao was arrested, police did not allow family members
to see him. They came to know about the killing from TV.
was clear-minded or not when the case took place.”
Committee (in charge of the crackdown of Falun Gong), when questioned by WOIPFG,
said that, “We're not sure if (Chen Fuzhao) was clear-minded or not when
the case took place. What he said and did was contradictory to what's in (Falun
Gong's) books. We also found it puzzling. This case was taken care of by a
specialized working team.”
problems.”
of a local hospital in Cangnan County told WOIPFG that he had known Chen for
many years. “He (Chen) did have mental problems. He used to have them and
did get better for a period of time. This time there was a relapse. He relapsed
after several people beat him up…There were several factors for this. We knew
each other before. He was very nice. Here the hospital did not let him make a
living. This hospital was one of the factors. He worked in the hospital, but
they wanted to fire him. So he opened up a clinic of his own and moved out.
Later he spent 50,000 yuan to buy the Lupu Hospital, but after the purchase no
profit was made. The employees inside (the hospital) actually beat him up. So
this caused his mental illness to relapse.”
went to see doctors and relapsed quite often. According to some of our doctors'
analysis, his parents were a factor as well. When he graduated from college (7~8
years ago), here in our area, we have arranged marriages, so the parents choose
your spouse. His marriage was arranged this way. He did not like (her), and
wanted to annul the (marriage) contract. But it had already been two or three
years at the time, so he could not annul it. … The second factor was due to
the medical system. The system did not leave a way out for him. He graduated
from college but they did not allow him to make a living. They did not assign
him any task nor did anyone care about his living. Nobody cared.” (Note:
Chen's current wife Yu Xiaoling was found later, they were just married for two
years.)
mental problem for a long time.”
sometimes he was not.”
was interviewed, “sometimes he was clear-minded and sometimes he was
not.” After the report was made [public], many people called and said that
“Chen Fuzhao looked psychotic.”
practiced Falun Gong in Cangnan County. There was only one who went out of town
to do business, he never read any Falun Gong books and only learned twice the
exercises, yet he was taken as a Falun Gong practitioner and sent for
“re-education” or “re-form class.”
got in touch with some law firms in Cangnan County. Some lawyers said they
discussed this case and all thought that if the defendant was psychotic, he was
not supposed to be sentenced to death. But Chen's case was very sensitive so
there may be a different type of sentence result. Zhejiang Wenzhou intermediate
court suddenly announced his death sentence on December, 30, 2003. The sentence
not only violated Chinese laws, but was also suspected to have “killed off
a witness,” in the sense that Chen could have been questioned in order to
further investigate the truth of the situation.
future, including how local police, higher levels of police as well as state
media were involved with this case. Please check our website frequently.
including writings, photos, recordings or videos, will be kept by WOIPFG and
handed to legal entities if necessary. The witness' names will not be publicized
for security reasons at present.
Posting date: 9/Jan/2004
Original article date: 8/Jan/2004
Category: World News
