Name: Chen Shuqin (陈淑芹)
Gender: Female
Age: 61
Address: B27 Qianfengyuan Community, Lianhua Street, Changyi District, Jilin City
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: February 2011
Date of Most Recent Arrest: Unknown
Most Recent Place of Detention: Changchun Women's Prison (长春女子监狱)
City: Jilin
Province: Jilin
Persecution Suffered: Forced labor, illegal sentencing, forced injections/drug administration, imprisonment, home ransacked, detention
(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Chen Shuqin had many illnesses prior to practicing Falun Gong, of which a severe eye problem was the most troublesome. After she began practicing Falun Gong in 1996, all of her illnesses disappeared. Ms. Chen was happy and grateful for both the physical and mental benefits she received after taking up the practice.
During the past 12 years of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) suppression of Falun Gong, Ms. Chen had been telling people about her own experiences to affirm the goodness of Falun Gong. She was arrested eight times, served a one-year term in a forced labor camp, and was sentenced to five years in prison. During her time in detention, she was subjected to severe physical and mental abuse, she became emaciated, and her back was hunched over to a 90 degree angle. She died in Changchun Women's Prison in February 2011.
At 8:00 p.m. on June 19, 2006, Guo Jinghua, head of the Party Committee of Qianfengyuan Community, led a group of officers from the Lianhua Street Police Station and the Jilin City 610 Office, and they broke into Ms. Chen's home. Ms. Chen was home alone, and the officers commanded, “Follow us to the re-education class. You can come back after two days of study.” Ms. Chen refused, so the officers forcibly dragged her downstairs and pushed her into the police car. One neighbor called out, “Don't take her away. She is a kind old woman. She even cleans our stairs. She is the best. Why are you taking her away?” The officers shoved the neighbor down the stairs and many witnesses said, “What kind of society is this today where the good people are arrested?”
On September 24, 2006, Ms. Chen was arrested by officers from the Yunheli Police Station in Changyi District. She was held at the Jilin City Detention Center.
At around 6:00 p.m. on April 23, 2008, Ms. Chen was arrested at her home by officers from the Lianhua Street Police Station. The officers confiscated her Falun Gong books and took her to the Jilin City Detention Center.
In September 2009, Ms. Chen began a hunger strike to protest her illegal detention and was taken to the Jilin Province Police Hospital to receive drug injections.
In 2010, Ms. Chen was arrested by officers from the Zhanqian Police Station in Changyi District while speaking with people about Falun Gong. She was taken to the Jilin City Detention Center and was later sentenced to five years in prison. She became emaciated, and her back was hunched over to a 90 degree angle as a result of the persecution. She was released due to her critical condition.
Several days after she returned home, she was again arrested at her home by officers from the Lianhua Street Police Station. Her neighbors commented, “She was so thin and frail, yet she was still taken away.” Ms. Chen was taken to the Changchun Women's Prison. She went on a hunger strike to protest her imprisonment. She died in prison in February 2011. Her head was swollen when she died. The prison paid 50,000 yuan to her family to settle her death quietly.
Category: Deaths
