Ran Hengbing, 76, from Sichuan Province Dies in Detention Center One Week After Being Arrested, His Son Still Detained

(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Ran Hengbing, 76, lived at 7-4 Jiangjia Lane, Taiping Street, in Jiangyou City, Sichuan Province. His son Ran Tongyi (also a practitioner) was arrested by State Security agents on October 11, 2007. Then, Ran Hengbing was ordered by Jiangyou City State Security agents to come for questioning on October 15, 2007, and he was arrested and detained in the Jiangyou City Detention Center. He died under suspicious circumstances in the detention center on October 22, 2007. The Detention Center Administration refused to allow his family to visit during his detention.

Mr. Ran Hengbing was a retired Chief Conductor of the Jiangyou City Transportation Bureau. His mental and physical health was very good as a result of practicing Falun Dafa. At midnight on October 11, 2007, his third son, Ran Tongyi, was arrested. His home was ransacked on the morning of October 12, 2007.

On October 14, 2007, Mr. Ran Hengbing and his wife went to the State Security Division Office to clarify the truth. They said, "More than 80 countries and regions around the world allow people to practice Falun Gong, why do you not allow it in China?" The State Security agents answered, "China has its Chinese laws; you can practice all you want out of the country."

On the afternoon of October 15, 2007, agent Luo Gang (male) and another agent in his 20s came to talk to Mr. Ran and told him to go to the Jiangyou City Police Department to answer some questions. Mr. Ran thought it was about his third son, who was still detained, so he followed them. His other family members also wished to go, but the agents did not approve and lied, saying that Mr. Ran would be home very soon.

Mr. Ran never returned home. Agents asked his family to deliver bedding to the State Security Division in the City Police Department on October 16, 2007. They asked Division Leader Yang Liusong (male), "Why won't you release such an elderly man in his 70s?" Yang answered, "The policy has changed. Even if he were over 100 years old, he would not be released."

During the days Mr. Ran was in custody, several agents were assigned to patrol around his house, and they threatened the neighbors against speaking out.

At around 10 a.m. on October 22, 2007, the State Security agents asked Mr. Ran's oldest and youngest sons to go the the funeral home. His family then learned Mr. Ran had died at 5:45 a.m. on October 22, 2007. Agents allowed his wife to go to the funeral home at noon with her sons, where they found people from the Mianyang City Court/Procuratorate, the Jiangyou City Court, the Jiangyou City Police Department, and the State Security Division, forensic doctors, and guards from the Jiangyou City Detention Center waiting there. They arranged a "talk" with Mr. Ran's family, saying Mr. Ran died of an urgent illness, and they would conduct an autopsy to prove it, but Mr. Ran's wife did not consent.

On October 23, 2007, agents forced one of Mr. Ran's sons go to Zhongba Town and sign his name consenting to an autopsy and cremation of the body. Family members saw that Mr. Ran's ears were very dark, and blood came out of his mouth when forensic doctors were examining his body.

Jiangyou City State Security Division Leader Yang Liusong (male): 86-13508114696 (Cell)
Jiangyou City State Security Division CCP Secretary Xu Jianxin (male): 86-816-3261345, ext.-Room 3179

Written on November 2, 2007

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/11/3/165849.html

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