Mr. Fu Yu Persecuted by Jiamusi Prison; His Life in Danger

Name: Fu Yu
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Former employee of the Jiamusi City Water Company
Date of Most Recent Arrest: February 8th, 2009
Most Recent Place of Detention: Jiamusi Prison
City: Jiamusi
Province: Heilongjiang
Persecution Suffered: Forced Labour, Beatings, Imprisonment, Force-Feedings, Extortion, Home Ransacked, Interrogation, Detention

Key Persecutors: Cao Jianwu, Feng Zhongqing, and Zhang Qingfeng of the Re-education Section; Zhang Xinming, prison leader; Li Zhongming, Prison District No. 6 chief

Mr. Fu Yu of Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province was brutally persecuted while exposing the persecution of Falun Gong and was sentenced to five years in prison. Following his being sent to the Jiamusi Prison in August 2009, Mr. Fu began a hunger strike to protest the persecution and went without a drink of water for many days.

Mr. Fu's 70-year-old mother sought help from many places and was finally able to see her son on October 12th. During her visit, Mr. Fu was carried out by two guards, one of whom carried Mr. Fu and the other provided support with his hands. Mr. Fu was skin and bones. He exerted strenuous effort to speak, closing his eyes to rest between uttered sentences. Due to his dramatically worsened condition, prison guards could no longer insert a needle into his veins. Instead, they inserted a nasal tube to feed him daily doses of milk to keep him alive.

On October 21st, Mr. Fu's mother, accompanied by two other people, went to the prison to see her son. The Re-education Section officer Zhang Qingfeng told her, "You have to answer a question before I can let you see Fu Yu. Do you practise Falun Gong?"

Mr. Fu's mother and her companions explained the facts about Falun Gong to Zhang, but he did not want to listen. Instead, he insulted and cursed Falun Gong and practitioners that were being persecuted. He shouted, saying, "The Chinese Communist Party pays me money," "I work for it," and so on. Then he called the police and reported, "I have several Falun Gong practitioners here. They are propagandising. You have to come right away." The police officer replied, "We don't have anyone to send over."

Mr. Fu's mother was anxious to see her son. Through some connections, she was able to reach Re-education Section Chief Cao Jianwu. She informed him that she wished to see Mr. Fu. Cao said, "You can't. Falun Gong practitioners exposed us on the Minghui website [Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net] and attacked the prison. We can't let them visit."

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2009/10/24/210989.html