Yuan Shumei was arrested in November 2000 for handing out truth-clarification materials. She was illegally sentenced to three years in a forced labour camp because she refused to sign a guarantee statement. During that time in Hohhot Forced Labour Camp, Yuan started a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Under the persecution, Yuan's health deteriorated, and she became very weak. Later, she also exhibited stroke symptoms, and her condition worsened. In January 2003, her family visited her and requested that she be released for medical care. Hohhot Forced Labour Camp denied the request stating, "She will not be released for medical treatment until she signs the guarantee statement. Otherwise the labour camp will not be responsible even if she dies here."
Although Yuan was already extremely weak, she still wrote down the words "Will Not Sign" to her family. At the beginning of February 2003, Yuan Shumei died from the persecution at Hohhot Forced Labour Camp.
The policemen at the labour camp knew that Falun Dafa practitioners did not break any law, but they still insisted on following the rule: release if sign a guarantee letter, otherwise detain till death.
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/4/24/48977.html
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