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Mr. Fan Dezhen's Body Cremated Against His Family's Wishes
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioner, Mr. Fan Dezhen, 33, was
arrested and brutally beaten several times because he practiced Falun Gong and
believed in "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance." On April 20, 2008,
at approximately 7:50 a.m., he was tortured to death at the Suizhong County
Detention Center in Liaoning Province. It wasn't until about 7:00 p.m. that his
family was notified of his death by the the detention center administration. Mr. Fan's family wanted to know the cause of his death. Wang Xueping (male),
director of the Suizhong Detention Center, said that Mr. Fan's death was a
result of malnutrition. Mr. Fan's family did not believe this because Mr. Fan's
mother-in-law had gone to the detention center on April 14, 2008, and deposited
200 yuan for his keep. She asked the director how her son-in-law was, and Wang
replied saying that Mr. Fan ate two bowls of food per day and seemed energetic. The day after Mr. Fan's death, his family requested to see his remains. The
guards from the detention center told the family that they would be allowed to
view his body that night, but they also threatened that they would perform an
autopsy and the body would be cremated whether the family saw the body or not.
Mr. Fan's wife and mother-in-law insisted that they would see Mr. Fan's body the
next day and would not allow his body to be cremated. Mr. Fan's mother was
worried that she would only be allowed to see her son's ashes, she agreed to
view the body that night. Mr. Fan's parents and the oldest brother went to see
the body, along with many friends. On April 21, 2008, Mr. Fan's wife and family went to the Suizhong Detention
Center to see his body. At 1:20 p.m., the family was taken to the cremation
site. Approximately 60 people were waiting there, and the majority of them were
plainclothes police. Relatives were required to wait at the lounge under close
supervision of the plainclothes police. The family was told by one of the police
that they conducted an investigation and knew the cause of death, but would not
say. The family was also told that autopsy was performed and cremation would
begin at 2:00 p.m. He said that the family had already seen the body. Mr. Fan's wife protested loudly, "We did not even see the body and we do
not even know the reason of death. How dare you perform cremation!" The
response by the police was that this was a special case. He said that they
already requested and got an answer from the director from the Province Police
Department. He said that if there was a problem, the family could seek help from
Civil Affairs Department. The relatives said that it was their right of to
investigate the cause of the death and would seek an attorney and have the
forensic doctor perform the autopsy. They also requested a high ranking officer,
but one claimed that he was the deputy director of the police department Gu
(given name unknown) and said that they were not the policy makers but the
executors. Mr. Fan's family argued that the body could not be cremated without the
family's permission and that Wang Xueping, director of the Suizhong County
Detention Center, shirked his responsibility. Mr. Fan's wife said that he should
take the responsibility for her husband's death. The police wanted to destroy
the body and incriminating evidence as soon as possible, and then urged family
to visit the body, otherwise it would be cremated. The family said firmly they
would not allow the cremation, even if they could not see the body. Without the
permission of Mr. Fan's family, the director of the Suizhong Police Department
ordered that the body be cremated. During the process of cremation, family
members were not allowed to leave the lounge and were required to wait to get
the ashes. Mr. Fan's family received his ashes but were never allowed to see his
body. Administrators of the Suizhong County Detention Center are responsible for
Mr. Fan Fan's death. Suizhong County Detention Center Director Wang Xueping (male): 86-429-6183469
(Office), 86-429-6131288 (Home), 86-13500456100 (Cell), 86-13898911555 (Cell) Related article: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2008/4/26/96773.html April 24, 2008
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