Gao Zhisheng’s wife asks why he looks so aged

The Epoch Times
By Yi Fan

NTDTV Created: Apr 9, 2010 Last Updated: Apr 9, 2010
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The wife of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng cried when she saw a picture of him taken this week in Beijing.

Gao had been abducted on Feb. 4, 2009 by Chinese security agents and held incommunicado until Jan. 20, 2010. On April 7 the Associated Press reported that Gao had been allowed to return to his apartment in Beijing. A photo of Gao accompanied the AP report, the first photo of Gao released since this latest detention of him.

Geng He, Gao’s wife, is living in the United States with their two children. She told a New Tang Dynasty TV reporter that she wept a long time when she first saw the photo. She wept again while on the phone with the reporter describing the photo.

According to Geng He, in the photo Gao looks as if he has aged 20 years. She mentioned the look in his eyes, his emaciated appearance and his newly grey hair as giving the impression he had suddenly aged. She wondered what had been done to him this past year.

According to the AP report, Gao has decided to give up criticizing the Chinese regime and hopes to be reunited with his family. Gao’s wife and two children fled Beijing Jan. 9, 2009 and, after crossing into Thailand, immigrated to the United States.

Gao’s Face ‘Deformed’

According to a report by Radio Free Asia, Beijing lawyer Li Heping visited Gao on April 7. Li said he had not seen Gao for one or two years.

According to Li, Gao’s face showed some deformation. Li said, he felt that Gao must have experienced tremendous suffering and Li assumed he had endured torture. According to Li, when someone has gone through extremely harsh conditions, the facial expressions would appear to be distorted.    more …