Ms. Fan Yanli died recently after 6 months detention.

Ms. Fan Yanli Dies after Being Detained in Henan Province

Ms. Fan Yanli, 36, lived in Nanyang City, Henan Province. On April 24, 2008, she was arrested along with more than a dozen other Falun Gong practitioners in one of their homes. The police ransacked her home, and she was detained in the 1st Detention Center of Nanyang City for more than six months. Due to the hard labor, malnutrition, lack of sleep, and constant threats, she became very weak and often vomited.

On October 9, 2008, at around 10:00 a.m., Wolong District Court put Ms. Fan Yanli and ten other practitioners on trial. She passed out in the courtroom and was taken back to the detention center. After extorting more than 10,000 yuan from her family, she was released on October 11, 2008. Only 16 days after her release, she died on October 27, 2008, at 4:00 p.m.

According to incomplete statistics, more than 100 practitioners in Nanyang City were sent to forced labor camps, several dozen practitioners were sentenced to prison, and there have been 19 confirmed deaths in the past nine years of persecution.