Guo Hongwei in prison in 2017.
(Radio Free Asia) Orthography Simplified
I. Investigation process After learning of Guo Hongwei’s accidental death in prison, I flew to Changchun on the afternoon of April 13, 2021, at the request of Guo Hongwei’s father, and transferred to Siping to meet up with lawyer Ma Wei, who had arrived earlier, and we visited Guo Hongwei’s parents together.
After reviewing the relevant case file materials provided by the family and conducting relevant inquiries and communications, we fulfilled the relevant legal procedures and accepted the commission of Guo Hongwei’s mother to intervene in the case of Guo Hongwei’s death investigation as the sole agent of the case.
From the family has obtained part of the hospital rescue, hospital medical records that: the detainee Guo Hongwei “sudden loss of consciousness for about 2 hours with frequent nausea, vomiting” in the evening of April 4, 2021 about 21:00 was sent to hospital rescue, April 9, 2021 10:59 died, during the period of April 5, 2021 0:50, April 5, respectively
At 0:50 and 19:50 on April 5, 2021, two craniotomies were performed. On April 14, 2021, on behalf of the family, we went to Gongzhuling Prison and the resuscitation hospital, namely Jilin Guowen Hospital, to retrieve relevant evidence and information. Through communication and contact, we were received by the head of the prison administration section Zhang, an officer surnamed Gan (police number: 220569), and a person in charge of the legal system section (police number: 2210274) assigned by Gongzhuling Prison. We first asked to see the prison director or duty leader, and they responded that the prison leaders were in the city for a study session. Ma Wei lawyer further said: “We hope to understand Guo Hongwei’s death, whether the prison has done its duty to provide timely relief, in order to clarify the facts, if the prison has done its duty to protect the health of the detainees in accordance with the law, we will do a good job of the client’s work in a timely manner to stop the dispute. In this way, they said that they could only cooperate with the approval of the higher authorities. We had no choice but to submit a written application including two evidence preservation, two copies, a view of the day of the incident in Gongzhuling prison Guo Hongwei sent to the hospital 12 hours before the first aid, that is, April 4, 2021 9:00 to 21:00 video surveillance information, preservation of the above video and the incident three months before the complete surveillance video and prison related information, copy Guo Hongwei medical files, copy Gongzhuling The prison’s investigation of Guo Hongwei’s death and the results. We repeatedly asked them to report to the leadership and give an answer as soon as possible, and the receptionist said he would report to the leadership to deal with it. As the family did not receive the CT of the operation (it was said that the CT was taken away by the prison), from the prison, we rushed to Guowen Hospital, requesting to see the replacement CT, the hospital director Gao told us that the replacement CT needs to be signed by the attending doctor Jiang Fucheng director, as Dr. Jiang is in surgery we waited for about two hours without success, and then told the family can go to the hospital again the next day to claim, I and Ma lawyers rushed to Changchun overnight.
On April 15, 2021, we went to the Jilin Provincial Prison Bureau and the Changchun City Suburban Procuratorate, which is responsible for the legal supervision of the Gongzhuling Prison. The Provincial Prison Bureau assigned Officer Cao and another officer (police number: B22004) to receive us at the letter and visit office of the Prison Bureau. Later, after we explained our situation and requested to see the bureau leaders, they asked for instructions and a director of the Legal Department, Feng, came out to meet with us and informed us that we could contact the procuratorate, to which we responded that it was our optional right to remedy whether we asked for evidentiary information from the prison side or the procuratorate, and later the director said that we can retrieve it from the prison, we said that we have been to the prison, the prison said that it must be approved by the higher level, after repeated negotiations Feng Director said that they will contact the prison side to arrange, and said that they are communicating with the political commissar Wang, we continue to submit a written application and request to report the leadership to give a timely response, they said that they will be handled according to procedures. After we arrived at Changchun City Suburban Procuratorate, we first contacted the three departments responsible for the legal supervision of Gongzhuling Prison, but the three departments never arranged for anyone to come out to receive us. Give a reply. Through the visits of several departments, it was obvious that each department was avoiding the problem by passing the buck to each other.
Due to the lack of cooperation from forensic professionals and the fear that if an autopsy is conducted through officially controlled procedures, we will not be able to obtain a credible conclusion or even have a negative impact on the investigation of the truth and the subsequent defense of rights, we did not request an autopsy on this trip.
Through the visits of several departments, it was obvious that each department was avoiding the problem by passing the buck to each other.
Due to the lack of cooperation from forensic professionals and the fear that if an autopsy is conducted through officially controlled procedures, we will not be able to obtain a credible conclusion or even have a negative impact on the investigation of the truth and the subsequent defense of rights, we did not request an autopsy on this trip.
Third, the deceased personal and family background
Guo Hongwei, male, 56 years old, formerly a cadre of the Songjiang River Power Plant in Fusong County, Jilin Province, was a fierce personality, and he was sentenced to five years in prison by the Jilin Longtan District Court in 2006 for misappropriation of public funds. Guo has been petitioning for years for this reason, claiming in his complaint materials that he was unjustly imprisoned in retaliation for protecting state-owned assets. The case file information, his misappropriation of public funds in that year, there is indeed the second trial court for unclear facts, insufficient evidence, cassation sent back to retrial information, Guo insisted that the case is a false case of unjust imprisonment with the statutory circumstances can not be re-prosecuted, but ultimately he was still sentenced to five years in prison. In 2016, Guo Hongwei and his 80-year-old mother, Xiao Yunling, were sentenced to 13 years and 6 years in prison for extortion and provocation, respectively, while his sister, Guo Hongying, continued to petition for her rights and was sentenced to five years in prison for obstruction and provocation in 2019. After being sentenced, Guo Hongwei continued to file complaints and charges against herself and her family while serving her prison sentence. She also continued to reflect her complaints and charges against the illegal violations she suffered in prison and for her legal treatment.
Agent: Xie Yan Yi
April 16, 2021
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