Name: Ma Hongwei (马洪卫)
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Address: Decheng District, Dezhou City, Shandong Province
Occupation: Employee of the Hengfeng Textile Limited Company
Date of Death: November 5, 2009
Date of Most Recent Arrest: September 21, 2009
Most Recent Place of Detention: Dezhou City Detention Center (德州市看守所)
City: Dezhou
Province: Shandong
Persecution Suffered: Sleep Deprivation, Torture, Home Ransacked, Detention

(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ma Hongwei was a kind person, well known in his company for his calligraphy and drawing. He was close to winning a merit award every year, and he was in good health.

Mr. Ma before persecution

Mr. Ma before death

His belly bloated as a result of torture

At around 11:00 a.m. on September 21, 2009, Mr. Ma was making lunch at home. Officers stormed in and ransacked his home, taking his computer, 30,000 yuan in bank deposit booklets, and 3,000 yuan in cash. They detained him in the Dezhou City Detention Center, where Mr. Ma was brutally tortured and deprived of sleep. The prisoners watching him would shake him as soon as he closed his eyes. Mr. Ma told the guards that his legs were swollen on September 26, 2009, but no one cared. A few days later his stomach was swollen and the guards said it was fine as long as he did not die. He reported this problem three times, to no avail.

By October 7, 2009, Mr. Ma's whole body was swollen, and he could not catch his breath. The detention center authorities rushed him to the Dezhou City People's Hospital for emergency treatment. The Dezhou City Domestic Security Division Chief Zhang Xikun quickly notified Mr. Ma's family and forced them to sign forms, and Mr. Ma was released. The emergency rescue effort failed, and Mr. Ma died at approximately 8:00 a.m. on November 5, 2009.

Dezhou City Detention Center: 86-534-2347203 / 2558190
Zhang Shuping, Director of Dezhou City Detention Center
Zhao Jianqi, Deputy Director of Dezhou City Detention Center: 86-13305348879 (Cell)
Wang Shixian, Director of Dechecng District Police Department: 86-534-2639897 (Home), 86-13905343988 (Cell)
Ran Fanxing, 610 Office Chair: 86-534-2876755 (Xaiolingtong)
Zhang Xikun, Domestic Security Chief: 86-13853498626 (Cell)

Wu Zhenyuan, Domestic Security Division Chief: 86-13805340373 (Cell)

Fan Suyun, Dezhou City Police Department Deputy Director and Development Zone Police Department Director: 86-13905343988

 Wang Shixian, Dezhou City Police Department Deputy Director, and Decheng District Police Department Director, CCP Secretary: 86-534-2639897 (Home), 86-13905343988 (Cell)

Written on November 6, 2009