Heilongjiang Man Suffers Medical Episode During Wrongful Hearing for Practicing Falun Gong

(Minghui.org) Mr. Zhu Deshan and Mr. Bai Hongyou, both residents of Yilan County, Heilongjiang Province, appeared in court on May 8, 2023 for their faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.

After over six months of detention, Mr. Zhu, a 56-year-old former teacher, was emaciated. It took him tremendous effort to just walk to his seat. He was pale and had difficulty breathing. Standing at the seat, he closed his eyes, his body began to twitch, and he cried and shouted nonsense. Before he collapsed on the ground, two bailiffs rushed over to hold him.

After Mr. Zhu was taken to the county hospital for resuscitation, the judge adjourned the hearing. Mr. Zhu’s wife and lawyer submitted an application to have him released for treatment, and are awaiting the result.

A group of officers descended on Mr. Zhu’s home at 7 a.m. on October 23, 2022. They deceived his wife into opening the door by claiming to be representatives from the power company. With two officers restraining his wife, the others raided their home. After the raid, the police went to Mr. Zhu’s workplace and arrested him.

The same group of officers next went to Mr. Bai’s home. He lived by himself and did odd jobs to make a living. When the police were ransacking his home, his sister came from the countryside to deliver some vegetables to him. Terrified by the police, she immediately left after dropping off the vegetables.

Mr. Zhu’s wife frequented the Domestic Security Office, seeking his release. The director rejected her request, with the excuse that Mr. Zhu hadn’t renounced Falun Gong.

Mr. Zhu’s wife said that she was very concerned about his health. She recalled that one month after he started to practice Falun Gong in October 1996, his severe heart condition, gastritis, and rheumatism that had bothered him since middle school, all disappeared. He has been very healthy for the past two decades, but now suffers unknown medical conditions after only six months of incarceration.

Perpetrators’ contact information:

Zhao Changpu (赵常普), prosecutor: [phone], [phone]Cai Wei (蔡葳), presiding judge: [phone], [phone]Liu Yanhong (刘艳红), judge: [phone]Liu Zhanming (刘占明), director of Yilan County Domestic Security Office: [phone], [phone]Li Shutao (李树涛), director of Yilan County Police Department: [phone], [phone]

(More perpetrators’ contact information is available in the original Chinese article.)