Professor An Fentian from Beijing University of Chemical Technology Died as a Result of Torture - His Wife Sentenced to Prison

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. An Fentian, a professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and his wife Chen Haifeng, were often detained and persecuted for practising Falun Dafa. Professor An Fentian passed away on October 16, 2004. His wife Chen Haifeng was abducted and sentenced to prison many times. She is currently in detention.

An Fentian was 58 years old and began practising Falun Dafa in 1995. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, perpetrators from the Street Committee and the police station often harassed him at home, and they abducted and detained him during holidays and Party conferences. His and his wife's salaries were cut in half over the past five years. The perpetrators often tried to force the couple to write a guarantee statement (1) but they firmly refused.

In October 2004, An Fentian and his wife were abducted when distributing leaflets exposing the persecution in Beijing, and the police ransacked their home. An Fentian was released on bail because he had high blood pressure. Chen Haifeng was illegally sentenced to three years in prison.

An Fentian suffered tremendously during the brutal persecution. He passed away on October 16, 2004. He was still awaiting interrogation when he died. His mother is 89 years old and his daughter is 24 years old.

Chen Haifeng was abducted four times by police and perpetrators for appeal for Dafa. She was sentenced to prison twice and was sentenced to one-and-a-half years of forced labour. On March 8, 2001, Ms. Chen and five other women practitioners at her workplace were either deceived or abducted and were sent to the Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp where they were detained for 15 days. In April 2001 Chen Haifeng was sentenced to forced labour for declaring her intentions to continue practising Falun Dafa online.

Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Sun Baochen, Zuo Yu and Feng, chancellors: 86-10-51964817, 86-10-51964818
Li, Party Secretary: 86-10-64434771
Wang Zigao and Zhao Shuyun, chancellors: 86-10-64434819, 86-10-64423087, 86-10-64429277
Wang Fang, Party Office: 86-10-68906307

Note:

(1) "Guarantee Statement": A statement to declare that one is remorseful for practising Falun Gong and guarantees not to practise Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and never again associate with any Falun Dafa practitioners.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/4/5/98925.html