Īn official autopsy at Sun Yat-sen University, authorized by Sun's family, found evidence of a savage beating of his body 72 hours before prior to death. Three days later, a friend called his family to tell them of the death. He called his friends to bring his ID card. His residence permit ( hukou) was with his family in Hubei. He had not applied for the permit and he had forgotten to carry his ID card. He had been detained after being unable to produce his temporary living permit (Chinese: 暂住证) and his resident identity card when he was stopped by the police. On March 20, 2003, 27-year-old Sun Zhigang died in the medical clinic of a detention center (Chinese: 拘留所) in Guangzhou. He first found a job in Shenzhen, but later went to Guangzhou to work for Daqi Garment Company.
After the Chinese New Year of 2003, he left Hubei for the coastal Guangdong Province, an area of south China that depends on migrant labor. He was a graduate of Wuhan University of Science and Technology (now Wuhan Textile University). Sun Zhigang ( Chinese: 孙志刚 1976–2003) was from Huanggang, Hubei Province.
The case received massive attention in media and on the Internet in China, resulting in the abolition of the C&R system by the national government. The Sun Zhigang incident ( Chinese: 孙志刚事件) refers to the 2003 death of the migrant worker Sun Zhigang in Guangzhou, as a result of physical abuse he suffered while being detained under China's custody and repatriation (C&R) system. Death of a migrant worker in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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