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Min On April 9, Chinese political prisoner Guo Hongwei, 48 and serving a 13-year sentence in northeastern Jilin province, died under mysterious circumstances. The “crime” he was in prison for: supporting Hong Kong democracy. Authorities took Guo to the Guowen Hospital in Jilin with a brain hemorrhage, after his family repeatedly warned that his high blood pressure had gone untreated, reports Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily. His father suspects foul play—for good reason. Guo was transferred to Gongzhuling Prison from Songyuan Prison last year, after Guo’s family accused o...

Guo Hongying The family of jailed rights activist Guo Hongwei, who died on April 9 after surgery while serving a 13-year jail term in the northeastern Chinese province of Jilin, say there are many unanswered questions around his illness and death. "We are not convinced," Guo's father Guo Yinqi told RFA on Tuesday. "He mustn't be cremated until the cause of death is known." "There needs to be due process and [the cause of death] must be identified." Guo Yinqi said the family had wanted to take pictures of Guo Hongwei's body when they went to identify it. "We wanted to take pic...