Mr. Wang Linjiang Dies after Six Years in Prison

Name: Wang Linjiang
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: October 28th, 2012
Date of Most Recent Arrest: April 2005
Most Recent Place of Detention: Xinjiang No. 5 Prison
Province: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Persecution Suffered: Brainwashing, imprisonment, detention

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Linjiang was arrested and sentenced to prison in 2005. He was incarcerated in Xinjiang No. 5 Prison, where he became severely ill as a result of abuse and inhuman living conditions. He was released in January 2011, but could not recover his health and died on October 28th, 2012. He was 43.

Mr. Wang was arrested Beijing in April 2005 by officers from the Tongzhou Police Station and the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). He was first held in the Tongzhou District Detention Centre and then the Beijing Detention Centre. He was tried in mid-September. No evidence of criminal activity was submitted and the trial ended hastily.

Mr. Wang was sentenced to six years in prison. He was transferred to Xinjiang No. 5 Prison. He developed diabetes and tuberculosis. His condition was not treated and eventually Mr. Wang could not walk, and he could not take care of himself. He was finally sent to the Xinjiang Prison Hospital for treatment. His family went to visit him and found him to be emaciated. His weight had dropped from 160 lbs to only 90 lbs. His eyesight was extremely poor. His family asked that Mr. Wang be released on medical parole, but the prison authorities refused.

Mr. Wang's family took him home in January 2011. By this time he was already near death. He could not eat and he coughed frequently. Mr. Wang died on October 28th, 2012, at 43 years of age.

Xinjiang No. 5 Prison threatens and intimidates Falun Gong practitioners in an attempt to “transform” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] them and force them to write the three statements to renounce practising Falun Gong. The guards force practitioners to watch videos that slander Falun Gong. If practitioners do not renounce Falun Gong after these brainwashing attempts, the guards then try beatings, sleep deprivation, and solitary confinement. Tiger benches ¹ are set up in the confinement cells, with handcuffs welded to them. Practitioners are handcuffed and shackled to the tiger bench for long periods of time. Some practitioners have died because of the inhuman torture. Mr. Xie Zhenggong from Urumqi Bayi Iron and Steel Company, Ltd., was subjected to long-term persecution in Xinjiang No. 5 Prison. His hair and beard turned grey after eight years of incarceration. He died on May 24th, 2012, at the age of 42.

Related reports:

Mr. Xie Zhenggong from Xinjiang Dies Amidst Persecution (Photo)
(http://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2012/6/4/133792.html)

Note

1. "Tiger Bench": Prisoners are forced to sit on a small iron bench that is approximately 20 cm (6 inches) tall with their knees tied together. With their hands tied behind their backs or sometimes placed on their knees, they are forced to sit straight up and look straight ahead without movement for long periods of time.