Torture and Abuse Endured by Ms. Yu Quan Before She Died

Name: Yu Quan
Gender: Female
Age: 60
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Retired employee from the Oil Refinery Factory of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation at Jilin
Date of Death: December 11th, 2010
Date of Most Recent Arrest: April 25th, 2009
Most Recent Place of Detention: Jilin City Detention Centre
City: Jilin
Province: Jilin
Persecution Suffered: Forced injections/drug administration, imprisonment, torture, extortion, physical restraint, interrogation, detention
Key Persecutors: Policemen from the Domestic Security Department of Jilin, Gongan Hospital, 610 Office at Jilin, Domestic Security Department Branch Office, Zhanqian Police Station of Jilin (Chief Yue Hongyu, Instructor Sun Gang, Case Manager Zhang Lichun from Lianhua Police Station), Changyi District Court

Practitioner Yu Quan from Jilin passed away after being abused and tortured by policemen from the Domestic Security Department of Jilin. She was still handcuffed to her bed by policemen as she died. On the day Ms. Yu passed away, policemen from the Domestic Security Department of Jilin went to her home to threaten her family.

Ms. Yu started practising Falun Gong before July 20th, 1999. Her illnesses were cured once she started practising, and her family lived in harmony.

In July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong. Ms. Yu went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in October 2004. While there, she was arrested and sent to a detention centre in Beijing. Because of the punishment received there, her entire body was in unbearable pain, and she had contracted tuberculosis. She was sent to Gongan Hospital for 220 days. To protect her employer and family from the CCP, Ms. Yu refused to give her name and address during her ordeal, and she was tortured severely for that refusal. She was injected with unknown drugs at Gongan Hospital, which resulted in permanent damage to her vision. The 2,000 yuan¹ she had was extorted from her. Policemen eventually were afraid that she might die there, so they drove her from Beijing to Shenyang, and left her on the street without any money. Some kind-hearted people helped her contact her family, and she was taken home.

On April 25th, 2009, Ms. Yu was arrested at her home by policemen from the 610 office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) of Jilin, Domestic Security Department Branch Office and the Zhanqian Police Station of Jilin. She was detained at the Zhanqian Police Station and later moved to the Jilin Detention Centre.

After Ms. Yu disappeared from home, her family went looking for her. They eventually found her after they went to the Middle Court of Jilin. On February 22nd, 2010, her family, including her son and 93-year-old mother, met Ms. Yu at the courthouse. Ms. Yu's son told his mother, “Even though I do not practise Falun Gong, I know you are a good person. There are many lawyers who defend Falun Gong practitioners nowadays. I will find a lawyer for you!”

Ms. Yu firmly believes that it is legal to practise Falun Gong, and that practising Falun Gong is beneficial to society. Therefore, she never gave her real name and called herself “Wang.” The 610 Office of Jilin and Zhanqian Police Station used false accusations, and the original trial was conducted against that name. After Ms. Yu's family and lawyers appealed, the Middle Court of Jilin set aside the verdict, but still did not realise her.

Ms. Yu spend 19.5 months at the detention centre and endured cruel torture, causing her tuberculosis to relapse. Her family went to visit her in October, but Ms. Yu was incoherent, and she was extremely thin, She was soon sent to a hospital for tuberculosis patients. The detention centre did not notify her family until she was unconscious and in critical condition. She was sent to Siliuwu Hospital, where she passed away on the same day, still handcuffed to her bed.

Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/12/17/233733.html