Authorities Harass the Families of Practitioners Imprisoned in Jiamusi Prison for Seeking Visitation

Three Falun Gong practitioners were tortured to death in the last two weeks at the Jiamusi Prison. The families of imprisoned practitioners are worried about their family members' lives in prison, and have been asking for family visits. Instead of relieving the anxiety of the families, the Jiamusi Prison administration formed a Special Service Team to harass the families.

Plainclothes guards beat the family member of practitioner Mr. Jiang Botao. On March 21st, 2011, four plainclothes officers carried a family member of a practitioner away by force. The whereabouts of the family member is unknown.

On February 21st, 2011, the prison administration formed a strict monitoring section to coerce practitioners to “transform” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] using torture. In six days, on February 26th, 2011, Mr. Qin Yueming, 47, was tortured to death. On the twelfth day, March 5th, Mr. Yu Yungang, 48, died as a result of torture. Three days later, after 1:00 a.m. on March 8th, Mr. Liu Chuanjiang died as a result of torture.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2011/3/24/38028.html