(Clearwisdom.net) After someone dies, the family usually takes care of the funeral. But, oddly, in China, a Communist Party agency can also take control of a private citizen's funeral. Indeed, the Hubei Province 610 Office took over the funeral of a Falun Gong practitioner who died at a labor camp.
Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zheng Yuling, age 57, worked at the Chibi City Commerce Department. On the evening of August 6, 2009, after she posted flyers that called for the rescue of detained fellow practitioners, the police arrested her. On August 25, she was sent to the Hubei Women's Forced Labor Camp to serve two years of hard labor. On September 28, she was dead.
When her husband arrived at the labor camp on September 29, Zheng Yuling's body was in a casket. The clothes on her body had been changed, and she was wearing make-up. Her husband could see that her nose had been deformed and that her hands were covered with needle holes. When he asked for an explanation, he was told, "Zheng Yuling started a hunger strike on September 9, and she died at noon on September 28."
When Zheng's relatives planned to hold a funeral for her, the Provincial 610 Office denied their request. The officials of the 610 Office even forced a restaurant to cancel the arranged memorial dinner. They also forbade Zheng's ashes to be buried in her home village.
On September 30, Zheng Yuling's corpse was cremated in Wuhan City. Personnel from the Hubei 610 Office and the Women's Labor Camp buried her ashes near the Chibi Crematorium. Zheng's family members were completely barred from the entire process.
Why did the Hubei 610 Office and the labor camp take full control of her funeral and seize her ashes?
Why was Zheng Yuling's nose deformed? What about those needle marks? It is hard to come to an undeniable conclusion based on the limited information, but we can certainly make some educated guesses.
In an article about Shiyan City practitioner Zeng Xian-Er's death, the author wrote that Zeng Xian-Er was dead the day after she was arrested. When they asked the police what had happened to Zeng Xian-Er, the police refused to answer the question. The police also blocked the news for two weeks. Later they showed an autopsy report that concluded that Ms. Zeng had died of heart disease.
Ms. Zeng Xian-Er was an employee at Gujiagang Industrial and Commerce Bank in Shiyan City. She died at age 36. On August 3, 2001, Zeng's husband was told that his wife had died of heart disease. When he rushed to the hospital, Zeng Xian-Er's body was in a freezer. She had new clothes, her head was swollen and her fingers clenched together to form tight fists. When Zeng's husband requested to change her clothes and examine her body, the police refused. Later Zeng's younger brother invited a forensic medical examiner to inspect his sister's body, but they were also refused. Even their request to photograph the body was denied. The police also denied the family's request to transport her body back to Shiyan. When the body was cremated, her family was kept at a distance. After they returned to Shiyan, the family members were warned not to have any memorial services, nor could they reveal this to the public.
Why did the local government make such an inhumane decision? Why did they ban photography, allow no change of clothes, and keep the family at a distance during cremation? Were they afraid that her family would see the scars and bruises on her body? Did they try to hide evidence of organ harvesting? What about the ashes? What information can they learn from her ashes and bones?
Yes, in normal circumstances the ashes and bone could reveal little information about the cause of death. But sometimes, even ashes can expose criminal evidence. Maybe this is why the regime government barred Zheng Yuling's family from having access to her ashes.
According to an earlier report, several witnesses confirmed an important discovery: Liaoning Province Suizhong County practitioner Su Juzhen was a victim of forced drug injections, damaging her nervous system. On April 8, 2006, after suffering extremely harsh torture, a mentally traumatized Su Juzhen (49 years old) died after prolonged detention at Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. On April 9 after her body was cremated in the Suizhong County Crematorium, the workers noticed that bones from her skull, lower leg and rib were all black. An expert told them that the black bone was a sign of poisoning. A number of incineration workers, her family members and some others saw the black bones firsthand. They even compared the black bones with ash and bone from other people. They all agreed that the bones were not normal.
Practitioner Wei Fengju was a teacher at Dongfeng County No. 4 Middle School. She was sent three times to a forced labor camp in eight years, and was always detained at Team One in the Heizuizi Women's Labor Camp in Changchun City. On April 13, 2007, Ms. Wei was released for the last time. She was skinny to the bones, even though she still ate. A month later, Wei Fengju suddenly could not eat anything. A week later, she lost control of her bowels and bladder. Finally her weight dropped to less than 25 kg (approximately 55 pounds). She suffered severe pain all over her body; her urine was bloody red. Two days before her death, she went blind. Her mind was not all clear. Her eyes were open all the time, even after her death. She was heard, saying, "I am going to die, they injected me with drugs." After cremation, her ashes were black.
The Communist government agency took full control of Zheng Yuling's funeral. They even applied make-up on her face, as if they respected her dignity. After she was arrested, she went on a hunger strike and suffered drug injection and finally death. Her clothes were changed, and her body was cremated, all under the regime's control. Many details are missing.
They must have been scared of her revealing the truth. These people were fearful even after her death. Otherwise, why did they keep her family away from her ashes?
