Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Yan Fuqin Died As a Result of Forced Labour in Tianjin

Ms. Yan Fuqin, a Falun Gong practitioner from Tianjin who was arrested and sentenced to forced labour in September 2004, died one year later.

Ms. Yan was 56 years old. When she was posting leaflets exposing the persecution in September 2004 with two other fellow practitioners, she was reported to the police and was arrested. Ms. Yan was soon sentenced to forced labour in the Second Team, Banqiao Woman's Forced Labour Camp of Tianjin City. The living conditions were terrible in the labour camp, and only very little water was provided for washing or showering. Ms. Yan suffered from scabies all over her body. Even under such poor health conditions, she was still forced to do hard labour until she developed late-stage breast cancer. Ms. Yan was released in July 2005 for medical care. After painful surgery, Yan Fuqin died on the morning of September 4th 2005.

In the short two months before her death, Ms. Yan still continuously experienced harassment and threats by the staff of the forced labour camp, the local police station, and the neighbourhood committee.

Banqiao Woman's Forced Labour Centre is an evil place in Tianjin City used to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Thousands of practitioners have been persecuted there, and dozens were tortured until they became injured, disabled, mentally disordered, and some were even killed

Tianjin Banqiao Woman Forced Labour Camp, Tianjin City 300270

Gatehouse: 86-22-63251823
Office: 86-22-63251619
Director of the labour camp: Hao Demin, 86-22-63252203 (Office), 86-13803060179 (Mobile)

Responsible personnel in the Tianjin Dagang 610 Office:
Head, Zhou Xuanping; Liu Hengqi: 86-13802043848 (Mobile)

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/9/12/110221.html