(Minghui.org)
Name: Fu LanfenChinese Name: 付兰芬Gender: FemaleAge: 76City: ChangchunProvince: JilinOccupation: N/ADate of Death: August 4, 2024Date of Most Recent Arrest: February 17, 2023Most Recent Place of Detention: Changchun City Prison
The Jilin Province Women’s Prison in Changchun City notified a local woman’s family to pick her up on July 31, 2024. Ms. Fu Lanfen’s loved ones arrived to see an unconscious person. They rushed her to the hospital. She never regained consciousness and died on August 4, 2024. She was 76.
Ms. Fu’s ordeal stemmed from her arrest on February 17, 2023 for raising awareness of the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of her faith, Falun Gong. The arresting officers from the Donghu Police Station raided her home and confiscated her Falun Gong books and portrait of Falun Gong’s founder.
Ms. Fu (who also went by Fu Lianfang) was held at the Jiutai District Detention Center for 15 days and later transferred to an unknown facility. She was then sentenced to three years and admitted to the Jilin Province Women’s Prison.
The prison notified Ms. Fu’s family at an unknown time that she was diagnosed with stomach cancer and asked them to donate blood. It is unclear what kind of medical care was rendered to her. Her condition kept worsening and the prison finally released her on July 31, 2024, when she had fallen into a coma. She died four days later.
Since 2023, at least two other Falun Gong practitioners died in the Jilin Province Women’s Prison while serving time for their faith.
Ms. An Fuzi, 82, died on May 22, 2023, while serving a three-year term. Several months before her passing, the prison notified her family that she had developed pleural effusion and asked them to cooperate with the authorities in her treatment. Her son and daughter, both of whom worked in South Korea at the time, asked to have virtual meetings or phone calls with her but their requests were denied. Citing the pandemic as an excuse, the prison didn’t allow other family members to visit her in person either.
Ms. Gu Jinfen was arrested in April 2023 and later sentenced to an unknown term. She was tortured in prison and became incontinent. Inmates in nearby cells could hear the abusers yelling at her every day. Ms. Gu died on October 1, 2023. The guards carried her body away in the middle of the night to try to cover up their crimes.