A/HRC/16/53/Add.1 effects of his hunger strike, Yu remained in that camp from the time he was transferred there from the Beijing Tuanhe labour camp on 21 May 2007 until his release from re-education through labour on 2 September 2009; during that time he was mainly receiving training on compliance with the legal system, and there is no evidence that he was ever sent to a brainwashing centre at Luotaishanzhuang in Fushun City. • With regard to the issue of his family members allegedly being refused permission to visit him, investigation indicates that from May 2007 to his release from hospital and return to the labour camp in August 2008, he received visits from members of his family as normal; such visits were subsequently terminated, however, because members of his family had facilitated his escape. • With regard to the issue of an alleged “suicide note”, the labour camp had arranged for more than a year of hospitalization and treatment for the effects of his refusal of food and water as well as for his acute coronary syndrome, and he was not returned to the camp until he had recovered. Yu wrote a statement of repentance on 1 October 2008. The allegation that he had been forced to write a “suicide note” while in the labour camp has no basis in fact. • With regard to the issue of the alleged solitary confinement, investigation indicates that for structural reasons, even now there are no solitary-confinement facilities at the Masanjia labour camp, so the accusation that Yu was held in solitary confinement has no basis in fact. There is also no evidence of his ever having been subjected to corporal punishment or maltreatment. (c) Observations by the Special Rapporteur 48. The Special Rapporteur is grateful that the Government of China replied to the joint urgent appeal of 18 September 2009. The Special Rapporteur would also like to refer to his predecessor’s observations in her last communications report (A/HRC/13/40/Add.1, para. 74). 2. (a) Urgent appeal sent on 8 March 2010 jointly with the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances Allegations transmitted to the Government 49. The Special Procedures mandate holders brought to the attention of the Government information regarding the case of the Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Feng Jiang. According to the information received, on 18 February 2010, Mr. Feng Jiang was allegedly abducted by Chinese authorities at the Shanghai Pudong Airport. Reportedly, Mr. Jiang went together with a friend to the airport to board flight Continental Airlines CO86 to Newark, United States of America, to reunite with his family. He allegedly arrived at Shanghai Pudong airport two hours prior to the departure, checked-in two pieces of luggage and went to the security check point. It was reported that Mr. Jiang’s friend saw him passing through the security check point. Mr. Jiang’s family was waiting for him at Newark Liberty International Airport, but Mr. Jiang was not among the passengers of Continental Airlines flight CO86. His family requested information at the Continental Airlines customer service desk, where they were informed that Mr. Jiang did not board the plane in Shanghai. 50. Allegedly, Chinese authorities are responsible for the disappearance and that the abduction is related to the activities of Mr. Feng Jiang and his wife as Falun Gong practitioners, for which they were arrested by Chinese authorities in the past. In this regard, it was reported that Mr. Jiang was arrested on 20 July 1999 for his practice of Falun Gong and for teaching others this practice and that he was sentenced to three years in prison in 12