Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Dong Fengshan was arrested on Oct. 13, 2008. Without notifying his family, the CCP court secretly sentenced him nine years in prison. He died after only six days in Siping Prison.

Mr. Dong Fengshan Dies after Six Days in Siping Prison, Jilin Province

On October 13, 2008, Domestic Security agents from Songyuan City Police Department arrested Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Dong Fengshan at his rental home in the city. More than ten days later, his wife and two relatives went to the house and found, to their great surprise, that three police officers were waiting there. They confiscated their bags and took them to the police station, where they were subjected to interrogation. When the police confirmed that the three of them were not Falun Gong practitioners, they forced Mr. Dong's wife to sign a document without allowing her to see its contents, then released them. Mr. Dong Fengshan was detained in Shanyou Detention Center in Songyuan City and secretly sentenced to nine years in prison. The whole process was done without notifying his family. On October 23, 2008, he was taken to Jilin Province Prison in Siping City.

On October 29, 2008, Mr. Dong's wife received a call from Siping Prison telling her that said Mr. Dong was dying of an illness. However, when they rushed to the prison, the administration told them that he had already died. Mr. Dong's family were very puzzled, because they had seen him on October 22, 2008 in Songyuan City Detention Center, one day before he was taken to the Siping Prison, and he was fine and not ill; he ate and slept well, and he was in good spirits and health. How did he die of sickness only six days after entering the prison, and what was he ill with?

The Prison Administration failed to give his family any reasonable explanation. They told his family that on the day Mr. Dong entered the prison, he had a conflict with the cell leader (a prisoner) because he did the Falun Gong exercises. He went to work in the prison cement factory the next morning without eating breakfast. Mr. Dong was taken to the prison clinic by lunchtime due to a sudden stomachache. The clinic doctor fed him one bowl of brown sugar water. He was rushed to Siping City Prison Hospital later when the situation got more severe, and he died some time later.

Mr. Dong's family requested to have autopsy done to investigate the cause of his sudden death and they hired a lawyer. His case is being handled right now. Details are under investigation.

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