Yao Jingming

Chinese Name: 姚景明
Gender: Male
Age: 75
City: Mian County
Province: Shaanxi
Occupation:
Date of Death: 2003
Date of Most Recent Arrest:
Most recent place of detention: Zaozihe Labor Camp in Baoji City
Case Description:

Mr. Yao Jingming, in his 70s, was a retired worker of the Ninth Construction Company of the Metallurgy Ministry in Mian County, Shaanxi Province. In February 2003, Mian County 610 office personnel Hu Junjian, Gao Xiaobo, Jiang Baosheng, and Wang Xuecheng arrested him and five other practitioners, and took them to the Zaozihe Men's Forced Labor Camp in Fengxiang County.

Because Mr. Yao refused to give up his faith, the guards detained him in a small, dark cell with several drug addicts in the Zaozihe labor camp. He was subjected to sleep deprivation and forced to squat with only one foot touching the floor. His whole body became swollen, and his toenails all turned black. Only three months after entering the camp, his health deteriorated so badly that he was carried home on a stretcher. He died soon after.

Mr. Yao Jingming, in his 70s, was a retired worker of the Ninth Construction Company of the Metallurgy Ministry in Mian County, Shaanxi Province. In February 2003, Mian County 610 office personnel Hu Junjian, Gao Xiaobo, Jiang Baosheng, and Wang Xuecheng arrested him and five other practitioners, and took them to the Zaozihe Men's Forced Labor Camp in Fengxiang County.

Because Mr. Yao refused to give up his faith, the guards detained him in a small, dark cell with several drug addicts in the Zaozihe labor camp. He was subjected to sleep deprivation and forced to squat with only one foot touching the floor. His whole body became swollen, and his toenails all turned black. Only three months after entering the camp, his health deteriorated so badly that he was carried home on a stretcher. He died soon after.