Dai Xiangguang, the assistant of Falun Gong Futian City Assistance Center, was a kind and honest person. He died during the state sanctioned persecution over a year ago.
He had been detained many times before July 22, 1999. On July 22, 1999, he was handcuffed by a county police officer. Later, his uncle went to see him but was not permitted by the Police Department. At one o'clock on the 23rd, his uncle went again to the detention room on the 7th floor and asked to see him but was again rejected. When he went down to the 6th floor, he heard a scream. Then the police told him that Dai had jumped from the building and had fallen on the third floor balcony. He ran to the third floor but did not see any trace of him. The police told him that he was sent to the hospital already. When he went to hospital, the police officer stopped him from entering and told him that Dai was undergoing emergency treatment. When Dai's family rushed to the hospital, the police only let them quickly glance at Dai's body before the body was sent to the crematorium. Dai's family appealed to the Judicial Department but was rejected. Later, the police officers said that they would compensate 50,000 Yuan but then they told the family that 50,000 Yuan was just enough for the cremation fee. Dai's family said that the police were just trying to cover up the truth but they had no place to appeal. Later, the TV station of Futian City and Fujian Province, newspapers, and other media reported, as informed by the police, Dai's death as "Afraid of punishment, he jumped from the 7th floor and committed suicide." This deceived the huge audience and misrepresented Falun Gong and Dai. It also created a negative atmosphere. One year later, kind people can still see from this how the government disregarded human life and the fact that it cruelly persecuted Falun Gong. Dai's grandfather, parents, wife, and daughter are living in a very difficult circumstance in the countryside now.
Address: Dai Guoying (Dai's father)
116 Fu Ban Cun Qian, Xindu Town, Futian County
Fujian Province 351100, CHINA
Home Phone: 86-594-2990265