Authorities Twist Murder Into Deceptive Propaganda

Falun Dafa Practitioner Cui Dezhen Beaten to Death by Police Who Alter Crime Scene for Propaganda Purposes

Laixi City, Shandong Province

Falun Gong practitioner Cui Dezhen was beaten to death by local police on the night of December 28, 2001. Cui was approximately 30 years old and lived in Lushang Village, Laixi City. His body was found dumped in a creek alongside of the road with blackened hands and bloodstained face and head. His wife, who is not a practitioner, was illegally detained by the local police all night and interrogated for the names of other practitioners who often visited her family. Cold, hungry and extremely distraught, she refused to cooperate. After Cui's death, the local police altered the scene of the crime. They coerced a practitioner into unfurling a Falun Dafa banner at the scene, and took a photo to make it look like Cui Dezhen died from trying to hang the banner on a high voltage power line. Several meetings were held with officials at different levels of various departments to spread this deceptive propaganda.

Source: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/1/31/18289.html

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.cc/mh/articles/2002/1/30/24038.html