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Summary of Key Persecution Facts:
Name:
Zheng Hongchang (郑洪昌)
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Address: Dezhou City, Shandong Province
Occupation
: Unknown

Date of Death:
April 21, 2013

Date of Most Recent Arrest:
Unknown

Most Recent Place of Detention:
Xinkang Prison (新康监狱)

City:
Dezhou

Province:
Shandong
Persecution Suffered : Unknown

Mr. Zheng Hongchang, a Falun Gong practitioner from Dezhou City, Shandong Province, died at 3:00 a.m. on April 21 2013, at Xinkang Prison (also called Jinan Police Hospital) at the age of only 37.

Mr. Zheng was moved from the Psych Ward on the fourth floor to Room No. 12 on the second floor on September 29, 2012, according to personnel on duty. Mr. Zheng was near death at the time and could only move his eyes. The authorities still cuffed his hands and legs to the bed. He was fed liquids twice a day and given intravenous fluids.

The intravenous fluids kept Mr. Zheng hydrated, according to personnel, but that was all. Mr. Zheng weighed only 55 lbs.

More information will be provided upon further investigation.