(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Wei Yalan from Anshun City, Guizhou Province, was illegally sentenced to a five-years prison term for her belief in Falun Dafa and the wish to live by the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Her physical condition had deteriorated dramatically and she was in poor health when released after years in Yang'ai Prison. On September 14, 2007, Ms. Wei passed away, shortly after her release. She was only 50 years old.

When Ms. Wei was detained, her daughter was an elementary school student. The poor little girl waited for five years to see her mother again and then had to watch her die as a result of the torture she had suffered in prison at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party's minions.

On June 5th, 2001, Ms. Wei was distributing truth-clarification materials about Falun Gong and the inhuman persecution in villages in Ziyun County. Someone reported her to the police and she was arrested. After being detained for several days in the Ziyun County Detention Center, Ms. Wei was taken to the Anshun City Second Detention Center. In March 2002, Ms. Wei was secretly sentenced to a five-year prison term and taken to Yang'ai Prison.

While in prison, Ms. Wei did not renounce Falun Dafa and she was considered by those in charge a "die-hard" and "stubborn" practitioner, so her family was not allowed to visit her. The guards said, "Wei Yalan is not cooperating with us. You cannot visit her." Ms. Wei suffered abuse and torture in wards 5, 7, and 8 in Yang'ai Prison.

Ms. Wei was forced to work on gemstones and make cotton tapes. The working conditions were inhuman. She was forced to work more than 12 hours daily. The workshops had no windows and were full of production dust. These factors contributed to Ms. Wei's health problems. Also, they tried to prevent her from practicing Falun Dafa. Therefore, some of her former illnesses, such as gastric ulcer and a cyst, which were cured after she practiced Falun Dafa, recurred. Once she fainted due to high blood pressure and had to be taken to a hospital emergency room.

Ms. Wei was released after five years in prison. Soon after, she died. She was only 50 years old.

Ms. Wei's elderly mother was also persecuted during these years. In 2004 when Ms. Wei was in prison, the police took her mother to a brainwashing center.

April 19, 2009