(Minghui.org) Ms. Tao Xizhen has been on hunger strike for a week to protest her illegal detention in the Banqiao Brainwashing Center in Wuhan City.

More than ten police officers broke into Ms. Tao's home in Xianning City, Hubei Province, on the morning of August 8, 2014. She was handcuffed, forcibly carried to the police car and taken to a brainwashing center.

Ms. Tao was transferred to the Xianning Police Department on August 13, 2014. Her daughter went to the police department to demand her release, but was told by the head of the domestic security division Zou Yu that he didn't know anything about her mother's case, and suggested that she talk to the head of the Wenquan District Domestic Security Division Liu Ning.

Ms. Tao's daughter tried to find Liu Ning in the building, but without success. The guard on duty confirmed that he was still at work that day.

When Ms. Tao's daughter returned to the police department the next day, the guard on duty refused to let her in the building.

Ms. Tao is a retired employee from the Xianning Construction Company. Her family members haven't been able to visit her since her arrest.

Parties involved in persecuting Ms. Tao:Tu Bin (涂斌), director of the Xianning City 610 Office: +86-13508649762 (Cell), +86-715-8126506 (Office), +86-715-8129098 (Home)Yao Xiong (姚雄), officer from the Xianning City 610 Office: +86-13886509329 (Cell), +86-715-8126179 (Office), +86-715-9126789 (Home)Liu Hongzhou (刘红洲), director of the Xianning City Police Department: +86-715-8126037 (Office)Zou Yu (邹誉), head of the Xianning City Domestic Security Division: +86-13872181056 (Cell), +86-715-8232059 (Office)Liu Ning (刘宁), head of the Wenquan District Domestic Security Division: +86-18995826780 (Cell), +86-715-8232512 (Office)