Mr. Yu Youwen, 54, Dies after Long-term Persecution in Sichuan Province

Name: Yu Youwen
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Address: Peng County, Sichuan Province
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: February 4th, 2011
Date of Most Recent Arrest: September 19th, 2002
Most Recent Place of Detention: Lanzhou City Police Department
City: Lanzhou
Province: Gansu
Persecution Suffered: Forced labour, brainwashing, imprisonment, torture, interrogation, detention

Mr. Yu Youwen's wife divorced him under huge pressure caused by the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong. Mr. Yu went to Lanzhou City to do odd jobs, but was arrested by Lanzhou City Domestic Security agents on September 19th, 2002. He was taken to the Lanzhou City First (Xiguoyuan) Detention Centre. While detained, he was forced to sleep on the ground under the bed. Because the cell was gloomy, cold and damp, he was infected with scabies on his skin and he had difficulty squatting or sitting. However, he was still forced to do hard labour. The sanitation at the detention centre was very poor and the scabies made it difficult for him to move around. He had to work kneeling on the ground. From February 2003, he was forced to sleep on the ground for five months.

Mr. Yu was later sentenced to five years in prison, and locked up in Dashaping Prison in Lanzhou City. Practitioners detained there were not allowed to talk or go near each other, and each practitioner was closely watched by several prisoners and recorded every 2 hours.

Mr. Yu was cruelly tortured in Lanzhou Prison. When his son went to pick him up, the authorities told him police from his hometown in Sichuan Province had already picked him up. Mr. Yu was forced to be the gatekeeper in the Peng County Police Department. He was diagnosed with late stage cancer after being tortured severely and died in his home on February 4th, 2011. The details are yet to be investigated.

Lanzhou City Prison address: 298-Foci Blvd (or Dashaping P.O. Box 28.) Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, zip code 730046; Phone: 86-931-8364911-2015
Yang Wancheng, Lanzhou Prison Director

Earlier report: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/5/28/36234.html

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2011/2/27/236886.html