Mr. Lei Yangfan was arrested and sentenced to two years of forced labour after browsing the Internet at an Internet cafe on May 8th, 2010 in Changsha. Mr. Lei is a resident of the Furong District of Changsha, and used to work in the human resources department of the Hunan Provincial Branch, Bank of China. The official excuse for his labour camp sentence was that he was a Falun Gong practitioner, and distributed Falun Gong informational materials in Qiaoyi Town, Wangcheng County, Hunan on the evening of April 17th.
Mr. Lei filed an appeal to the Hunan Province Forced Labour Administrative Committee in July, and requested that the forced labour sentence be revoked. On August 10th, the Hunan Province Forced Labour Administrative Committee upheld the original sentence.
On August 26th, Mr. Lei received the appeal decision statement while he was detained in the seventh team of the Xinkaipu Forced Labour Camp of Hunan Province. He had no other channels for appeal, so he began a seven-day hunger strike in protest. The seventh team authorities extended his term by ten days as punishment for his hunger strike.
On September 2nd, Mr. Lei decided to file a lawsuit against the Forced Labour Administrative Committee at the Furong District Court of Changsha. He prepared his legal documents with his signature and fingerprint. However, the court demanded that the forced labour camp produce a verification with a red seal to attest that the signature was Mr. Lei's. The Xinkaipu Forced Labour Camp authorities refused to produce the verification, rendering his lawsuit documents invalid and undeliverable. Subsequently, Mr. Lei's right to sue the government was denied.
Mr. Lei went on a second hunger strike, but was force-fed by the camp guards. The guards pried his mouth open with a special tool, keeping it open for about an hour, then started force-feeding him. The torture caused tremendous pain and loosened his teeth. After the force-feeding, his labour camp term was extended yet again.
More information about Mr. Lei Yangfan can be found at:
http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2010/6/5/117651.html
http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2010/5/30/117507.html
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/10/17/231108.html
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