(Clearwisdom.net) Officials from the Residential Committee of Baoshan District, Shanghai worked with national security officials from Baoshan District to arrest Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Xiufang on March 4, 2011. Ms. Zhang's husband Ying Zhiming and son Ying Yeqi had previously been arrested and detained in Tilanqiao Prison. Zhang Xiufang’s family has suffered frequent persecution by the Chinese Communist Party for being steadfast in practicing Falun Gong. Now the whole family is in jail again.

Not long after Zhang Xiufang’s family began to practice Falun Dafa, Ying Zhiming's heart disease was cured. Ying Yeqi's gallbladder problem was also cured without treatment. The whole family implemented the principles of Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance into their lives and were happy to assist other people.

After the CCP started to persecute Falun Gong in July 1999, tribulations fell upon Zhang's family one after another.

1. Son Detained in Brainwashing Center and Parents Detained while Requesting Release

Baoshan District police kept harassing the son, Ying Yeqi, while he was still in college in early 2002. Under the control and threats of the Baoshan 610 Office, the university kept exerting pressure to force him to renounce his belief. He was threatened constantly, and the police also took him to the Public Security Bureau.

The police detained Ying Yeqi from July to September 2003 in a brainwashing center located in Qingpu, Shanghai. Ying started a hunger strike to protest the persecution, and the officers responded by using all kinds of methods to torture him. Ying Yeqi's body and mind were severely damaged in just over two months.

On the night of September 27, 2007, after Ying Yeqi got off work, he was illegally arrested by the police before entering his home. The excuse given was that truth-clarification banners were spotted near his home. He was detained in the Qingpu Brainwashing Center and suffered 99 days of torture. CCP officials used threats and enticements in an attempt to destroy his willpower so that he would renounce his belief.

Zhang Xiufang and Ying Zhiming went to the local police department to request his release. However, they were also arrested in the process and detained at the Yanghang Police Station. The police ransacked their home the next day. Zhang Xiufang was released around 5:00 p.m., but Ying Zhiming was transferred to the Qingpu Brainwashing Center. Ying Zhiming started a hunger strike and was released on October 1.

2. Entire Family Arrested at the Same Time

The Baoshan District police again arrested Zhang Xiufang, Ying Zhiming and their son Ying Yeqi on April 25, 2009. Over two months after they were arrested, Ying Zhiming's 80-year-old father passed away in sorrow, calling out his son's name constantly in his last hours.

Ying Zhiming again started a hunger strike to resist the persecution. After many days of hunger strike, officials sent him to the prison hospital, but blocked all outside communication, including with his family.

After Ying Zhiming came back from the hospital, the Baoshan District Court secretly tried Zhang Xiufang, Ying Zhiming, and Ying Yeqi twice. The rest of their family was not even notified. They secretly sentenced Ying Zhiming to four years in prison, Zhang Xiufang to three years in prison with three years of probation, and Ying Yeqi to three years in prison. Afterwards both Ying Zhiming and Ying Yeqin were detained in Shanghai Tilanqiao Prison.

In fear of Zhang Xiufang appealing, the Baoshan District National Security Police transferred her to the Shanghai Legal School to conduct forced brainwashing and try to force her to give up Falun Gong.