Hu Jia, well know for his efforts to promote AIDS education in China, has been under house arrest since January 24. He went to Zhao Ziyang’s former residence on January 22 to mourn Zhao’s death and was abducted by national security on January 23.

Hu told The Epoch Times that he was able to visit Zhao’s residence on the morning of January 22. He spent the night at a friend’s house, and arrived at the western gate of Tsinghua University. A rally had originally been planned to start there but was later canceled due to police obstruction. Hu knew of the cancellation, but he went anyway. He said he could see many plainclothes police from far down the street. National security personnel’s cars were parked nearby. When he strode past the western gate of the university, four men dragged him into a police car. Hu said of the experience, “The abduction was like in a movie, giving me a taste of mafia terrorism.”

More than a dozen national security personnel took Hu to a less conspicuous place and wanted to arrest him. Hu fought back. For two and a half hours, they were at a standoff, then Hu started to feel sick. He was detained for 25 hours and was released on January 24. However, police have been sent to watch him closely. Three policemen are stationed outside of his door, and about 10 more are outside the building. They are on four six-hour shifts and are they are there around the clock. Hu’s friend wanted to take him to a hospital, but the police watching the door wouldn’t allow it. Nobody was allowed to bring in medicine for him, either. Hu’s physical health is poor.

Hu said angrily, “What’s the most despicable was the fact that they took down about 3,000 to 3,500 phone numbers and emails on more than 1,000 of my friends from my cell phone and PDA. Then they erased all the information as well as 375 important short messages that I had saved.”

Hu also told the reporter that he received a text message on his cell phone that Zhao Ziyang’s memorial service was scheduled for Saturday. Tickets to enter the service can be reserved by calling a number and can be picked up at Zhao’s residence. He said many of his friends also received the same message, so he thought the message should be reliable.

According to Hong Kong-based Mingpao News, Zhao’s family members said they had hoped that the memorial service could take place on Saturday or Sunday, but they are still negotiating with the government on the details.