Ms. Fu Guihua, of Changchun City, Jilin Province, was admitted to the Jilin Province Women’s Prison on May 27 this year to serve 7.5 years for upholding her faith in Falun Gong, a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999.

Less than two months later, her family was notified on July 25 that Ms. Fu had fallen into life-threatening condition and rushed to a hospital. Despite repeated requests from her family, however, prison officials prohibited them from visiting her. Ms. Fu died later that day, at the age of 55. Her body was moved to a funeral home, where her family was still not allowed to visit.

The official cause of Ms. Fu’s death was cirrhosis of the liver, but her family suspects foul play as she had been healthy all long thanks to her practice of Falun Gong. The prison also told her family that she was healthy when they called her the day before her death.

Ms. Fu’s prison sentence stemmed from her arrest on August 15, 2019, when six members of her extended family, including one daughter and two sons-in-law, were also seized for their shared faith in Falun Gong.

All seven family members were later sentenced to prison. Ms. Fu and her younger daughter Ms. Yu Jianping’s husband Mr. Meng Xiangqi, 37, were both given 7.5 years. The other five family members were each given 7 years, including Ms. Fu’s older daughter Ms. Yu Jianli, 30; Ms. Yu Jianli’s husband Mr. Wang Dongji, 40; Mr. Wang’s parents (Mr. Wang Kemin, 69, and Ms. Wang Fengzhi, 69); and Mr. Meng’s father, Mr. Meng Fanjun, 59.

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