Practitioner Mr. He Yuanhui from Liaoyuan City Died as a Result of Persecution

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. He Yuanhui from Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in October of 2002. He was tormented so harshly while detained in the Second Prison of Jilin Province that he fell critically ill, losing so much weight that he looked like a living skeleton. After Mr. He was sent home from the prison hospital, he was mentally disoriented and he would often forget to dress or eat, and he eventually died on June 25th, 2005.

Mr. He Yuanhui, 41 years old, was formerly an alcoholic and without a regular occupation prior to starting to practise Falun Gong in 1997. After he began practising Falun Gong, both his mind and body underwent a huge transformation and he began to hold himself to a higher moral standard. Mr. He went to Beijing to appeal for a stop to the persecution against Falun Gong several times after the Chinese Communist Government started to suppress and persecute Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999. Once he escaped further persecution by jumping off a fast moving train. He was persistent in practising Falun Gong and was diligent in exposing the persecution about Falun Dafa.

On May 20th, 2002, He Yuanhui was arrested by officers from the Xiangyang 610 Office¹. He was tortured brutally and lost a tooth when Luan Yuqin, the officer from the local National Security Office, kicked him with the heel of his shoe. In October of the same year, Mr. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and was transferred to the Second Prison in Jilin. The prison guards encouraged other prisoners to use extreme measures to get him to denounce his belief in Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. To this end, they beat He Yuanhui severely, breaking many of his ribs and causing him to be confined to bed. Just like many others who were illegally imprisoned, Mr. He was not able to obtain proper medical treatment when he contracted tuberculosis. His condition worsened, and he lost a lot of weight before he was transferred from the prison hospital to the Jilin Railroad Hospital for a month. The authorities didn't release him until his condition turned critical. However, while in prison he was still forced to write the "Guarantee Statements."²

Mr. He was sent home on December 17th, 2004, but his condition kept getting worse. He seemed to have lost his sense of self, and wouldn't eat or dress himself. He coughed all day long, lost weight, and could no longer practise Falun Gong. He died on June 25th, 2005.

Note:

1. "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

2. "Guarantee Statement": A statement to declare that one is remorseful for practising Falun Gong and guarantees not to practise Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and never again associate with any Falun Dafa practitioners.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/7/7/105557.html