Ms. Liu Yunping, 60 years old, was a retired employee of the First Construction Company in Urumqi City of Xinjiang Province. She received a 3-year prison sentence. After her release, her son was arrested and taken again to Banfanggou Brainwashing Center last June. Police abducted and took her to the brainwashing center as a hostage, to force her son to accept "transformation". Policemen detained her for seven days without any results. After living under such extreme fear and pressure for such a long time, Ms. Liu Yunping passed away on March 2, 2005.