Grief and shock hit 19-year-old Han Yu at once as she walked into a room filled with police.
Center in the throngs lay the lifeless body of her father, who had been in perfect health two months before the Chinese authorities threw him into jail.
Even with makeup, traces of suffering were evident. There was tissue missing from under his left eye and bruises around his chin. Black stitches led downward from his throat.
The police yelled and pushed Han out when the teen tried to unbutton her father’s clothes and check how big the incision was.
A few other relatives managed to lift his shirt up and saw that the cut went all the way to the abdomen. They pressed down on his stomach. There were no organs. It was all ice….