The Truth About Falun Gong 法轮功真相: [Minghui.org] After 13 Plus Years Behind Bars, Beijing Man Dies 4 Months After Completing Third Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong

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[Minghui.org] After 13 Plus Years Behind Bars, Beijing Man Dies 4 Months After Completing Third Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong

May 16, 2024 | By a Minghui correspondent in Beijing, China

His passing capped decades of suffering at the hands of the communist regime.

Pang You, his wife and son.
(Photo: https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2023/7/27/463475.html)

Name: Pang You
Chinese Name: 庞有
Gender: Male
Age: 61
City: Beijing Province
Occupation: Real estate company manager
Date of Death: April 9, 2024
Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 28, 2022
Most Recent Place of Detention: Beijing Police Hospital

Mr. Pang You, a Beijing resident, was unrecognizable when he was released on November 26, 2023, after serving one year and three months for practicing Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999. He suffered loss of serum proteins from his digestive track and excessive sweating. He was extremely weak and struggled to walk.

The local authorities kept tabs on Mr. Pang, a former city planning office director and real estate company manager, even after he returned home. Officers from the Pingxifu Police Station harassed him from time to time and arranged people to closely monitor him during the week-long “Two Sessions” in March 2024.

The “Two Sessions” are the annual meetings of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People’s Congress (NPC). This year the CPPCC began on March 4, 2024, and the NPC one day later. They both concluded on March 11. The communist regime has been known for intensifying its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners around sensitive dates, such as the “two sessions.”

Mr. Pang’s condition quickly deteriorated and he died on April 9, 2024. He was 61. His passing capped decades of suffering at the hands of the communist regime.

Mr. Pang was first sentenced to eight years following his arrest on September 27, 2000. Less than one year after he was released in 2008, he was arrested again on August 3 of that year and sentenced to four years. His third prison sentence stemmed from his arrest on May 2, 2022. While he was released on bail the next day, he was taken back into custody on July 28, 2022. His health declined during detention and he was sent to the Beijing Police Hospital two months later. He attended a virtual hearing in his hospital room on July 3, 2023 and was sentenced to one year and three months shortly afterwards.

Mr. Pang’s health kept declining during his detention. He had heart and kidney failure, as well as serious edema below the hip bones. At one point his entire body was swollen below the chest. He also suffered from diabetic complications, with two holes on his feet oozing pus. He had trouble standing. He was wheeled out when his lawyer went to see him. Despite his condition, the authorities refused to release him on parole.

For details of Mr. Pang’s persecution, refer to the related reports below.

Twice Jailed for a Total of 12 Years, Beijing Man Gets Third Prison Term (15 Months) for His Faith

Former Real Estate Company Manager Faces Prosecution Again After 12 Years of Incarceration for His Faith

Falsified Evidence Used in an Attempt to Sentence Mr. Pang You

Beijing Citizens Call for the Release of Falun Gong Practitioner

Beijing Man Arrested in Shaanxi Province for Talking About Falun Gong

After Eight Years of Unjust Imprisonment, Mr. Pang You Is Again Wrongly Sentenced to a Further Four Years in Prison

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Source: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2024/5/16/217891.html

Editor’s Note: Dear readers, do you know that Falun Dafa, originally from China, is currently practiced by people in over 100 countries? But in China, since Jul. 20, 1999, Falun Gong is defamed, slandered and persecuted due to the Chinese Communist Party’s fear of Falun Gong’s rapidly growing popularity. Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology.

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