He was sentenced to three years in prison. Within two months he was beaten to death by inmates in the jail.
Mr. Yu Lianhe Beaten to Death in Prison (Photo)
Name: Yu Lianhe (于连和)
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Address: Longquan Street, Tonghua City, Jilin Province
Occupation: Selling Socks
Date of Death: November 22, 2009
Date of Most Recent Arrest: April 12, 2009
Most Recent Place of Detention: Shiling Prison in Siping
City (四平市石岭监狱)
City: Siping
Province: Jilin
Persecution Suffered: Persecution Suffered:
Brainwashing, illegal sentencing, beatings, imprisonment, extortion, home
ransacked, interrogation, and detention.
At around 6 p.m., on April 12, 2009, more than a dozen officers from the Domestic Security Team of Tonghua City Police Department jumped over a brick fence into Mr. Yu Lianhe's home and arrested him. The City Court sentenced him to three years in prison on September 17, 2009. Mr. Yu was sent to Shiling Prison in Siping City on October 2, and was beaten to death on November 22, 2009.
Mr. Yu Lianhe
The autopsy was performed by two forensic doctors assigned by the prison, one forensic doctor hired by Mr. Yu's family and witnessed by both his family and the prison guards. They found Mr. Yu had blood in his right ear and his two eyes were covered with purple bruises indicating he was beaten. His body seemed to have no external injuries when examined from outside, but there were more than one and a half liters of blood in his chest cavity, and his spleen had three tears resulting from a beating. The tissue near the spleen has bloody and damaged. The autopsy doctor said the cause for his death was a torn spleen. Mr. Yu's family is suing the prison.
Mr. Yu Lianhe was born with hemophilia and grew up with regular blood transfusions. His knee and hip were deformed, and after his parents died, he lived in his second sister's home. In 1998, his siblings heard Falun Gong had miraculous effects on terminal illnesses and they carried him to a place to learn. In one month his sickness disappeared. He changed to a completely new person. He regained confidence, got rid of his bad habits, no more bad temper, and quit smoking and drinking. He could then make a living by selling socks. He told everyone that Falun Gong and Master Li gave him a second life.
After the Chinese Communist Party launched the persecution, Mr. Yu want to appeal to Beijing. He was blocked midway and detained in Tonghua City Detention Center, and then released after his family was extorted 2000 yuan.
Around 2002, Mr. Yu was arrested by Laozhan Police Station. The afternoon of the next day, he could not take the brutal mistreatment in the station, and jumped off from the second floor, breaking his leg into four pieces. The police ignored him, and refused to help. One kind-hearted taxi driver took him back to his second sister's home, and he survived after being treated in the hospital for several days.
His family was very angry that the police did not rescue him when he was in custody, and sued Laozhan Police Station. The station promised to settle the case. Along with the state run media journalists, the police took a video recorder to his home and said he could get 100,000 yuan as long as he wrote a guarantee to renounce Falun Gong and slandered Master Li. Mr. Yu refused to betray Falun Gong, therefore he never received any payments. His fracture was completely healed through practicing Falun Gong.
On April 12, 2009, led by agent Jin Guiqun, more than a dozen officers from the Domestic Security Team drove up in three vehicles, jumped over the brick fence into Mr. Yu Lianhe's home and arrested him. They cuffed Mr. Yu, ransacked the house, and would not allow Mr. Yu and his second sister's family of three to move. They detained Mr. Yu in Changliu Detention Center and interrogated his second sister's family of three on the third floor of Dongchang District Police Precinct. They then released them after the interrogation.
On September 17, 2009, Tonghua City Court sentenced him to three years in prison, and took him to Shiling Prison in Siping City on October 2, 2009. His second sister told the prison administration of his hemophiliac condition. If he starts to bleed, it is hard to stop it, she told them.
At 9 a.m. on November 22, 2009, four inmates beat him. He used the restroom twice after the beating. Another inmate found his face very pale, and asked how he was doing. He said, "Ok." By 2 p.m. however, he told others his left ribs ached, and the guards took him to the prison hospital. The doctor said he needed to be taken to the Central Hospital of Siping City .
At around 3:30, Mr. Yu arrived at the Central Hospital. Doctors said there was no hope to save him after the examination. They could not detect any pulse. The doctors asked what happened and guards replied he was beaten by inmates. The guards only brought 2000 yuan and used it on a blood transfusion. Mr. Yu died approximately 8 p.m. on the same day.
On November 23, 2009, the prison administration notified his oldest brother. Mr. Yu's family then took a forensic doctor they hired from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, and went directly to the cooler in the funeral home after arriving. They found both his eyes had purple bruises and his right ear was filled with blood. His third brother tried to take a photo and was blocked by more than one dozen guards.
His family copied all the medical records from the Central Hospital, listened to doctors' diagnoses, and the treatment process. One witness who was taking care of another patient told them what he saw. At 3:30 p.m. on November 22, 2009, Mr. Yu said he was thirsty. The doctor gave him some water, but told him not to drink too much. By 8 p.m., Mr. Yu said, "I cannot make it." then died soon after.
Mr. Yu's second brother asked the prison administration how he was beaten, the administrator answered, "Yu Lianhe lied on his bed with his feet on top of the five inch high bed-side. An inmate brushed his feet when passing by, and then slapped Mr. Yu several times. Three more inmates joined in the beating."
Mr. Yu entered Ward 10 and was then transferred into the new ward. His sister asked guards from Ward 10 if they passed the information that Mr. Yu has a hemophiliac to the new ward guards. He said, "Sure." Then she asked whether Mr. Yu was beaten in Ward 10 as well. He answered, "You'll have to ask my upper level supervisor," and pointed to the name plate on the new ward office door, "You must remember this name (means new warden Hao Yulin)."
Mr. Yu Lianhe was beaten to death in the new ward under warden Hao Yulin.