(Minghui.org) Just days after Mr. Lei Yangfan’s family finally confirmed his prison sentence after he went missing for ten months, they were devastated to be told that he is now in critical condition.
Mr. Lei Yangfan
Mr. Lei, a 51-year-old Changsha City, Hunan Province resident, didn’t come home on May 14, 2024. His wife, Ms. Tang Min, knew right away that he must have been arrested again for their shared faith in Falun Gong. She approached various government agencies, but no one told her what happened to her husband. It wasn’t until late June 2024 that she confirmed his arrest by the Dingwangtai Police Station.
Ms. Tang tried to deposit some money into Mr. Lei’s commissary account at the end of December 2024, but was given the error message on her phone saying “connection failed.” She later went to the detention center and was told that her husband was no longer there. The guards there refused to reveal where he had been taken.
Ms. Tang finally confirmed in early March 2025 that her husband had been sentenced to one year on September 25, 2024. She received a notice from the Wangling Prison on March 9, 2025 that he was admitted to the prison on December 24, 2024 and transferred to the Tenth Division on January 17, 2025.
A prison guard surnamed Deng called Ms. Lei’s family on the evening of March 23, 2025 and said that Mr. Lei had fluid accumulation in his lungs and brain; he had been taken to the Liling Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital around 9 a.m. that day; and he was admitted to the intensive care unit around 7 p.m. and issued a critical condition notice. Deng urged the family to visit Mr. Lei at the hospital the next day.
The family rushed to the hospital the next afternoon, where they found Mr. Lei in a coma. He had no response when they called his name. He was emaciated and disfigured. Many officers, some in police uniform and some in plainclothes, were present in the room. The family weren’t allowed to bring their cellphones into the room, nor were they allowed to touch Mr. Lei.
After only a few minutes, the police ordered the family to leave. They said that they were also giving them special permission to visit him. When the family asked Mr. Lei’s doctor about his condition before leaving, the doctor said he was already doing much better.
Mr. Lei’s family demanded that the police release him. The police asked them to wait until further notice.
Prior to his latest sentencing, Mr. Lei has been repeatedly arrested, harassed and detained in brainwashing centers over the years of persecution. He served two labor camp terms for a total of four years, during which time he was almost tortured to death. When he was incarcerated, Mr. Lei’s elderly parents struggled to take care of his daughter and mentally disabled sister.
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