Mr. Fan Yichang, 69, died on July 22, 2009, and his body was cremated against his family's will.

Mr. Lu Zhen was healthy prior to his imprisonment with no prior record of  heart disease, the 'official' cause of death.

Mr. Fan Yichang Dies in Da'an City Detention Center in Jilin Province

Mr. Fan Yichang, 69, formerly was the manager of the Da'an City Sugar and Liqueur Company. He suffered a stroke in the past, but all of his ailments disappeared after he started tp practice Falun Dafa. He was a kind and honest person, and even officer Chen Yamin, who mistreated him, had to say that Mr. Fan was a good person.

On the morning of March 15, 2009, Mr. Fan was walking down the street when he was suddenly kicked down to the ground by more than ten police officers, including Chen Yamin. They arrested him and imprisoned him in the Da'an City Detention Center. They said Mr. Fan had written, "Heaven Will Destroy the CCP, Quit the Evil Party."

They ransacked his home and threatened his wife to the verge of a nervous breakdown. She was walking on the streets all day, not knowing how to get home. Their neighbors all say, "The CCP is vicious and will not let old people be. They have destroyed Mr. Fan's contented family."

Due to rescue efforts from all over the world, Mr. Fan Yichang was released around April 15, 2009. But, only a few days after Mr. Fan had returned home, officer Chen Yamin and others secretly arrested him again and took him back to the detention center, planning to sentence him to prison. Officer Chen was afraid their actions would be exposed, so he threatened the family to not let other practitioners know, or they would give him a heavier sentence him. Mr. Fan's family did not dare to tell anyone until today.

Mr. Fan was sentenced to prison during his detention in the Da'an City Detention Center. Before being sent to prison, he died at 6 a.m. on July 22, 2009, and his body was cremated against the family's will.

Autopsy Shows Mr. Lu Zhen Suffered Severe Physical Trauma Prior to Death (Photo)

Mr. Lu Zhen, 33, died in the 1st Prison of Shandong Province on June 22, 2009. His neck, hips, stomach, and legs were covered with bruises, and there were whip marks on his body. His family did not believe the prison administration when they told them that he died of sudden heart failure and that it was a natural death. They requested an autopsy on the morning of June 30, 2009, and the results showed that he had suffered severe physical trauma prior to his death. It is highly likely that a beating was the cause of death.

Mr. Lu Zhen in college

The autopsy found that blood had accumulated in his chest. The skin on his buttocks and the backs of his thighs seemed fine on the surface, but the muscles under the skin showed signs of severe trauma. It was likely the result of multiple rubber baton beatings as reported earlier.

Mr. Lu Zhen, born on July 25, 1976, was from Xirulai Village, Mengyin Township, Mengyin County, Shandong Province. He was an excellent international finance student at Chongqing University, where he first learned of Dafa. Since beginning the practice, he strictly followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.

In May 2000, Mr. Lu went to Beijing to appeal and was dismissed by the university. He went to Beijing again in June 2000 and was sent to Xishanping Forced Labor Camp for one year. There remained deep scars on his head and arms as a result of the tortures received in the camp.

The university took him back to his hometown, where he was released, but the Mengyin government refused to accept him as a legal resident. The local 610 Office ordered the village officials to call him daily, and threatened people to not contact him. His family was terrified, so Mr. Lu left home.

In March 2004, the police arrested him in Mengyin Town, detained him in the Linyi City brainwashing center in April 2004, and later detained him at Mengyin County Detention Center. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison in December 2004 and was sent to the 11th Ward of the 1st Prison of Shandong Province.

In the 11^th Ward, many prisoners tortured Mr. Lu there. He entered the regular ward in 2005, but was taken back to the 11^th Ward in 2007, where many prisoners were assigned to torture him everyday. He was forced to sit on a small stool for a long time and endured brutal beatings. In February 2009, Mr. Lu and two fellow practitioners, Mr. Wang Fucheng and Mr. Shi Lei, were locked in solitary confinement for passing along Teacher's scriptures. They were forced to sit on small stools with their knees against the wall, and the guards blinded them by shining bright lights in their eyes.

Mr. Lu was in excellent health prior to entering the prison, and no one in his family had any history of heart disease. His family was not notified of anything until the day they were told that he had died, on June 22, 2009, in the 1st Prison of Shandong Province at age 33.

Due to the information blockade, we can only find bits of information on how Mr. Lu was tortured in prison. We call on people who believe in justice to provide details of the cause of death, and also appeal to international human rights organizations to investigate the true cause of Mr. Lu's death and bring the killers to justice.

Shandong Province First Prison (Men's Branch) operator: 86-531-87075454

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