Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Yao Fengjie Dies After Being Tortured at Wanjia Forced Labour Camp

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yao Fengjie from Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province was savagely tortured at Wanjia Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City. She passed away on September 5th 2005.

Healthy Yao Fengjie before the torture	Yao Fengjie's weight dropped drastically after being tortured at Wanjia Forced Labour Camp. Her stomach and legs became severely swollen

Yao Fengjie was 49 years old and lived in Harbin City. She started practising Falun Dafa in 1998. In July 2002, she was arrested from her home by personnel from the Renli Police Station, and she was sent to the No. 2 Detention Centre. She was later transferred to Wanjia Forced Labour Camp to be held for three years, despite her high blood pressure.

During the time she was detained at the labour camp, Yao Fengjie refused to write repentance statements¹, and was tortured with the "big hang up."² She was forced to sit in a metal chair and was shocked with electric batons. The guards dragged her to the toilet and stuffed her mouth with a mop because she refused to slander Dafa.

When she returned home in 2005, Yao Fengjie weighed less than 50 kg. (110 lbs.), a far cry from her earlier weight of 85 kg. (187 lbs.). The persecutors from Renli Police Station in Daowai District constantly harassed her at home, and she passed away on September 5th 2005.

Note

1. Repentance Statement: In this statement the practitioner is forced to admit remorse for practising Falun Gong, promise to give up Falun Gong, and never again associate with other practitioners or go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong.

2. "Big hang up": There are two forms in this torture: (1) With both hands cuffed behind the back and only the toes touching the ground, one is hung by a rope that is tied to the metal window frames. (2) One hand of a practitioner is cuffed to one bunk bed and the other hand to another bed, and the two beds are pulled in the opposite directions. One feels extreme pain as the body is pulled.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/9/17/110579.html