Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Tan Yanjun from Heilongjiang Province Died After Being Paralysed as a Result of Persecution

Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Tan Yanjun was detained three times and went through numerous amount of torture, resulting in whole body paralysis. When his life was in danger, he was released on medical parole in the middle of November 2004. He died on February 27, 2005. He is survived by two young children. His father Tan Guoyi also died on July 3, 2004 as a result of constant harassment.

Mr. Tan Yanjun was 41 years old and lived in Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province. On March 1, 2000, he was arrested for the second time at his home and taken to the police station.The policeman handcuffed him and took his house key from his pocket, and then confiscated all of his Falun Dafa books, stereo, cash and many valuables. Mr. Tan was sent to a detention centre and held for seven months, where he endured all types of torture. As a result, he could no longer walk and at one point, was unconscious for nine days. Police were afraid of being held responsible for his death and released him after extorting two thousand yuan.(1)

On the morning of January 9, 2002, Mr. Tan was arrested again by police officers and sent to the Hegang City First Detention Centre. The police deputy director often interrogated him using brutal torture. Li Shujiang said viciously, "If you do not speak, we will beat your 206 bones one at a time. If we beat you to death, you will just be part of the quota we are allowed to kill. If you are not dead, your last breath would do!" Mr. Tan was beaten so brutally that he became sick with heart disease and a ruptured eardrum, and his whole body was paralysed. He could only lie down on the floor and could not take care of himself.

Even though Mr. Tan Yanjun's life was in danger, he was still sentenced to nine years in prison. The detention centre also denied his family visiting rights. The lawless police tried to have him admitted to the prison several times, but were rejected due to his severe physical condition. His family tried to rescue him many times from the police, but it was no use. When he was on his deathbed, he was bailed out on medical parole in the middle of November 2004, and died at around noon on February 27, 2005.

Relevant phone numbers:

Hegang City First Detention Centre, Director Office, 86-468-3400777, Operator, 86-468-3406171

Gongnong District Police Station in Hegang City, Director's Office, 86-468-3423113,Deputy Director's Office, 86-468-3422575

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.org/mh/articles/2005/3/3/96526.html