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1.8 m tall inmate dies weighing 35 kg
By Zhang Jiawei (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-04-14 17:00
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A prisoner who was 1.8 meters tall died mysteriously on April 9 with a body weight of only 35 kilograms in Tangshan's Hehuakeng labor camp in Hebei province, the Beijing News reported Wednesday, citing a story from an unnamed website.
A worker from the labor camp confirmed to the Beijing News Tuesday that the prisoner named Dong Xiongbo had been in the camp and was dead in a hospital but refused to say how Dong died or provide any other details.
Dong was sentenced to one year in a labor camp in Beijing for scalping show tickets in May 2009, but was later transferred to Tangshan because the Beijing camp was full, the website said.
Dong's mother said her son had called the family twice to ask for some money to cure his fever and dizziness because the labor camp didn't take care of his health. After receiving a call from the labor camp on March 18 and being informed that Dong was released on bail for medical services, the family arrived at the camp, only to find that Dong had already died, the website said.
