Name: Yu Ganghai (余钢海)
Gender: Male
Age: 66 (Born in 1946)
Address: Wuchang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province
Occupation: Formerly employed at the Hubei Province Chemical Machinery Factory
Date of Most Recent Arrest: March 11, 2012
Most Recent Place of Detention: Yangyuan Brainwashing Center in Wuchang (杨园洗脑班)
City: Wuhan
Province: Hubei
Persecution Suffered: Forced labor, brainwashing, illegal sentencing, beatings, imprisonment, torture, detention.
(Minghui.org) Mr. Yu Ganghai, 66, from Wuhan City was subjected to nine years of imprisonment, and his term was due to end on March 11, 2012. Wuhan City 610 Office agents, however, colluded with officials at Fanjiatai Prison in Shayang, Hubei Province, and covertly took Mr. Yu to the Yangyuan Brainwashing Center in Wuchang without informing his family.
Mr. Yu's family drove several hundred miles to Fanjiatai Prison on March 10 to pick him up. The guards told his family at around 9:00 a.m. on March 11 that Wuhan City 610 Office agents had taken Mr. Yu away. Mr. Yu's family had to return to Wuhan City. They looked for him, going from one brainwashing center to another, and finally learned that Mr. Yu was being held at the Yangyuan Brainwashing Center in Wuchang.
Mr. Yu was arrested on March 10, 2003, for practicing Falun Gong. Participating in his arrest were Wuhan City 610 Office agents and officers from the Domestic Security Division of Division One in the Wuhan City Police Department. The Dongxihu District Court sentenced Mr. Yu to nine years in prison on December 5, 2003. Three other practitioners who were arrested along with Mr. Yu were also sentenced to imprisonment. Mr. Xu Jianjun was sentenced to 13 years and is still being held in Fanjiatai Prison. Mr. Xie Fengyi and Mr. Liu Yongsheng were each given eight-year prison terms.
Mr. Yu kept cultivating firmly after being sent to Fanjiatai Prison in January 2004. The guards took turns torturing and cursing him until early in the mornings. During the night he was forced to stand at attention for more than one hour. The guards did not allow him to talk to anyone. One day at noon Mr. Yu dozed off, so they kicked and beat him brutally. In July 2004, criminal inmate Li Bing tortured Mr. Yu in various ways. Li refused to let Mr. Yu eat his breakfast and at noon he didn't allow Mr. Yu to rest. Mr. Yu was also forced to endure a heavy workload every day, more then he could handle. When he was sent back to the second floor where his cell was located, he had to use his hands to help get himself up the stairs.
Mr. Yu was illegally imprisoned for nine years, and endured torture and abuse. However, when his sentence was over, because he remained steadfast in Falun Gong, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents covertly took him to a brainwashing center for further persecution.
Deng Bin, Wuhan City 610 Office head: +86-27-82402420, +86-27-82611496
Please refer to the original Chinese article for more people and offices involved in the persecution.
