Ms. Yao's weight dropped drastically after she was tortured at Wanjia Forced Labor Camp. Her stomach and legs became severely swollen

Ms. Yao Fengjie was 49 years old and lived on Jiliang Street, Daowai District in Harbin City. She started practicing Falun Gong in 1998. In July 2002, personnel from the Renli Police Station in Daowai District illegally arrested her, and sent her to the No. 2 Detention Center (nicknamed “Duck Pen”). She was later transferred to Wanjia Forced Labor Camp to be held for three years, despite her high blood pressure.

During her detention at the labor camp, Ms. Yao was tortured with the “Big Hang-Up.”[1] She was also forced to sit in a metal chair and shocked with electric batons. Guards dragged her to a restroom and stuffed her mouth with a mop because she refused to slander Falun Gong.

When she returned home in 2005, Ms. Yao had lost more than 70 pounds. Officers from Renli Police Station in Daowai District constantly harassed her at home, and she passed away on September 5, 2005.

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