Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Authorities Pay 100,000 Yuan in Exchange for Silence in Ms. Yan Pingjun's Death

Name: Yan Pingjun
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Address: Telecommunication Bureau Family Housing 5-1-101, Yongtaizhong Street, Xinhua District, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province
Occupation: Tailor
Date of Death: Around August 10th, 2010
Date of Most Recent Arrest: August 2nd, 2010
Most Recent Place of Detention: A brainwashing centre operated by the Xinhua District 610 Office in 6410 Boarding House at South Bolin Road, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province
City: Shijiazhuang
Province: Hebei
Persecution Suffered: Brainwashing, home ransacked

Ms. Yan Pingjun, a Falun Gong practitioner from Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, died around August 10th, 2010, just one week after she was arrested at her home. Chinese Communist Party authorities paid her family 100,000 yuan¹ in exchange for their silence regarding her death, and cremated her body on August 22nd.

On August 2nd Liu Jiehao, head of the Xinhua District 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), Guo Zhixian, officer of the Xinhua District Police Department, Ren Xuanjun, officer of the Ninganlu Police Station, and others searched the home of Ms. Yan, seized a computer and other property, and arrested Ms. Yan. They also extorted 550 yuan from her family for "living expenses."

Within 10 days, the 610 Office informed the family that Ms. Yan had died by falling from the fifth floor to the second floor of a building. At that time the family learned that Ms. Yan was detained at the brainwashing centre operated by the Xinhua District 610 Office. What happened to Ms. Yan while she was detained at the brainwashing centre and the circumstances surrounding her death are unknown.

Right after her death, her body was secretly transferred to the crematory, where it was closely guarded. Her husband and son were strictly monitored. Insiders said that many plainclothes officers were posted on the street of her home. The authorities also installed a surveillance camera in a restaurant across the street. Agents threatened the family not to take legal action. They even forbade the family to set up a mourning hall for relatives and friends to offer their condolences.

Insiders have revealed that authorities paid the family 100,000 yuan in exchange for their silence, and cremated the body of Ms. Yan on August 22nd. It was carried out in such a hurry that the cremation process was done without the presence of her husband.

Jin Zhaicheng, director of the Xinhua Police Department: 86-13603113108 (Mobile), 86-311-87014137 (Office)
Zhi Qiang, director of the Ninganlu Police Station: 86-13932155100 (Mobile)
Ren Xuanjun, case officer of the Ninganlu Police Station: 86-13722792211 (Cell)
Zhang Guojun, director of the Hebei Province 610 Office: 86-311-87906310 (Office), 86-311-87906898 (Home)
Wang Yongzhi, deputy director of the Hebei Province 610 Office: 86-311-87908681 (Office), 86-311-87906766 (Home), 86-13931110731 (Mobile)

Related report: http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2010/8/25/119611.html

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://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/8/26/228834.html