Summary of Key Persecution Facts:
Name: Hao Xiangtang (郝香堂)
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Address: Shahe City, Hebei Province
Occupation: Technician from the Shahe Cotton Mill
Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 14, 2013
Most Recent Place of Detention: Xingtai City No.1 Detention Center (邢台市第一看守所) City: Xingtai
Province: Hebei
Persecution Suffered: Forced labor, brainwashing, illegal sentencing, torture, fired from workplace, interrogation, detention

(Minghui.org) Mr. Hao Xiangtang from Shahe City in Hebei Province was illegally arrested on July 14, 2013. He was first detained at Shahe Domestic Security Division for nearly a month. He was handcuffed to an iron chair and tortured every day. Officers from other police stations were drafted so that they could take shifts in torturing him 24 hours a day. He went on a hunger strike on August 3 to protest the persecution.

Torture re-enactment: Iron chair

Mr. Hao was transferred to Gaokai District Police Department in Xingtai, around August 8 or 9, 2013, where he was detained for another two weeks. Officials at the police department refused to release him and did not contact his family or workplace to tell them where he was.

As Mr. Hao did not cooperate with the police, he was taken to Xingtai No. 1 Detention Center on August 20. Liu Dongbo from Xingtai Domestic Security Division and instructors Wang Huanfang and Tao Tingting often went to the Detention Center to interrogate him.

Mr. Hao was previously sentenced to forced labor camp. As a result of the abuse, he developed severe liver disease. In order to avoid responsibility if he died in there, the authorities allowed him to return home.

Police continued to harass Mr. Hao, and he was forced to leave home to avoid further persecution. He could not attend his mother’s funeral. His wife could no longer endure the pressure from the authorities and divorced him. She took their son away and married another man.

Parties involved in the persecution: Hao Qingbo, head of Shahecheng Domestic Security Division: +86-15833195999 Tan Zhende (谭振德), instructor at Shahecheng Domestic Security Division: +86-13730388341 Liu Dongbo (刘东波), head of Xingtai Domestic Security Division: +86-15531900777 Wang Huanfang (王焕芳), instructor at Xingtai Domestic Security Division: +86-13393093008