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Mr. Huang Yongzhong
| ...At that time Mr. Huang’s mother noticed his lips were very dry and looked like he hadn’t had water for a long time. She quit arguing and hurriedly gave her son some water, and then cut a piece of apple for him. Mr. Huang began to come around and he called weakly, "Mom." Then he pointed at the person from the prison and said, "...evil to death." He grabbed his friend’s hands tightly. It seemed like he had many things he wanted to say, but he was too weak to speak ...
Mr. Huang Yongzhong, in his 30’s, was born in Xinhe Village, Dongshan Town, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province. He was sickly as a child and suffered from epilepsy. Ten years ago, he lost four of his fingers in a machine accident at his workplace. He became very weak due to the loss of blood. In 1997, Mr. Huang was fortunate to learned Falun Gong. A few months after he took up the practice all of his illnesses disappeared. He became strong and his epilepsy never returned.
On September 9, 2001, Mr. Huang was arrested while distributing Falun Gong truth-clarification fliers in Longwei Town of Jiedong. He was detained at the Jiedong Detention Center, where Wu, the center director, beat him with his fists and a leather belt and kicked him in the head. Almost every evening around 7:00 pm, Mr. Huang was taken out and beaten.
During Mr. Huang’s trial, he was beaten so badly that he couldn’t walk on his own. He had to be carried into the courtroom. The judge ignored all of Mr. Huang’s objections and the objections made by others on his behalf, and accepted the "evidence" that the police presented, although it was full of loopholes. The court sentenced Mr. Huang to seven years for "disturbing the social order." Mr. Huang appealed according to his rights under the law, but the Jieyang Court insisted on "upholding its original sentence." On November 10, 2001, he was sent to Beijiang Prison in Shaoguan.
In Beijiang Prison, steadfast Falun Gong practitioners like Mr. Huang, who refuse to give up their beliefs, are kept in dark cells, forced to do more work than others, not allowed to sleep, and are given unknown drugs in their food, causing their minds to become muddled. After he was there for a month, Mr. Huang was transferred to Supervision Area Number 12. While he was there, the guards and prisoners often beat him. He had injures all over his body and was beaten into a coma many times.
On July 2, 2006, Mr. Huang’s parents received two phone calls asking them to hurry to the prison. They were sure something was wrong, so they brought their son’s friend with them. Prison officials told them their son was in the hospital, so they rushed over there. When they finally found him his arms and legs were shackled to the hospital bed. He was too weak to even speak. A prisoner was assigned to watch him. His mother looked under the blanket and saw wounds from beatings all over his body. She angrily asked the prison personnel, "Why did you beat my son like this? Why is he still locked up?!" Forcing a smile, one of the people she asked said, "We are a civilized unit. Why would we beat him? He caused these injuries himself by struggling when we tried to examine him. We had to immobilize him so he wouldn't move too much while we gave him an injection." Hearing this, Huang’s mother grew even angrier, "What kind of physical exams could give a person bruises all over his body, leave him unable to move or speak, and need a catheter?" The person continued to argue with her, saying, "His hepatitis virus has spread and caused his body to turn blue. Is it our fault that he got sick?"
At that time Mr. Huang’s mother noticed his lips were very dry and looked like he hadn’t had water for a long time. She quit arguing and hurriedly gave her son some water, and then cut a piece of apple for him. Mr. Huang began to come around and he called weakly, "Mom." Then he pointed at the person from the prison and said, "...evil to death." He grabbed his friend’s hands tightly. It seemed like he had many things he wanted to say, but he was too weak to speak.
Mr. Huang’s parents requested their son's immediate release from prison so that he could receive medical treatment, but the prison officials obstructed them in every possible way. They said they needed to report to the "610 Office", they needed to discuss it, and they needed several pieces of paperwork from the elderly parents. Mr. Huang's parents are honest farmers who are both more than 70 years old. They had no one to help them, so they finally had to return home.
On the morning of July 5, Mr. Huang’s parents got up early and went to talk to the officials at the police station, the "610 Office", and other government offices, but everyone shifted the responsibility onto someone else and refused to speak with them. His parents cried, "Our son is dying, and you’re still making trouble for us. If something happens to him, heaven won’t forgive you!" That evening his parents brought the paperwork, which they’d obtained with great difficulty, to the prison.
On July 6, after reading the certificate, the prison warden took out a piece of paper and asked Mr. Huang’s parents to sign it. The paper said the prison would not be responsible if anything happened to Mr. Huang after he left the prison. Mr. Huang’s mother read it and yelled, "You didn’t ask me to sign anything when you took him away. Now he’s dying and you expect me to sign this? You want to avoid responsibility for your actions. You’ve killed a man and now you want to wash your knife clean!" Their righteous indignation left the warden speechless. He sent for a vehicle, a few doctors and a police officer, who took Mr. Huang to the People’s Hospital in Jieyang. The policeman told doctors, "This man is a criminal. If you can treat him, go ahead. If you can’t, just let him go." Everyone was shocked by his words. Several days later, his parents brought him home.
By that time, however, it was too late for Mr. Huang. He passed away on the afternoon of July 21, 2006.(Posted on Nov. 21, 2006) |
