Fang Lihong 02.08.2002
On February 8, 2002 FANG was tortured to death by officers at the Quanzhou City Police Department in Fujian Province.
After Jiang's regime began its persecution against Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, FANG continued to practice Falun Gong and refused to renounce his belief in "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance". As a result, he was detained illegally in the police station where he had worked. During his initial detention, four other officers kept a constant watch over him.
Several months later the authorities transferred him by force to the city's brainwashing class, but he still refused to give up his belief. A month later, the police station sent him to the Anshan City Mental Hospital (the notorious Kangning Hospital) to torture him for 16 months. During this period of time, the mental hospital and the police station authorities threatened, intimidated and tortured him, but couldn't shake his righteous Belief.
According to a report in the Chinese Times newspaper, on August 27, 2002, FANG was sent to a mental hospital. He escaped from there and then spoke with foreign media. When he talked with the Washington Post, he said, "I do not have any mental illness, but I was forced to stay with mental patients for 16 months".
FANG said that in Heilongjiang Anshan Kangning mental hospital, he was forced to take drugs everyday. Later, the hospital gave him drugs and asked him to go back to his room to take the drugs. He said, the doctor told him that they knew he was not sick, but they had to give him the treatment under orders from their supervisor.
During the 45 minutes he spoke with the Washington Post, FANG talked rationally and was very clear-minded.
Because of pressure and harassment from the police station, FANG Lihong, his wife, and son were forced to leave home and become destitute. In December 2001, while telling people the facts about Falun Gong, they were arrested illegally by the Quanzhou City Police Department in Fujian Province. The police searched their living quarters and confiscated everything.
The entire family was detained in the Quanzhou City Detention Center, where they suffered inhumane torture. The police deprived them of sleep for several days in order to extort a confession, not even spare their twelve-year-old son, who was threatened, intimidated and emotionally scarred as a result.
Refusing to cooperate with the evil forces, Mr. and Mrs. FANG went on a hunger strike to protest. Thirteen days later, on the verge of death, Mrs. FANG was released. FANG Lihong remained illegally imprisoned until he was tortured to death on February 8, 2002.
A doctor from Anshan Kangning mental hospital has verified that Mr. FANG was treated in the hospital previously and that they already know that Mr. FANG is dead, but he would not say more about his case.
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