(Minghui.org) A 60-year-old resident of Suizhou City, Hubei Province, was admitted to the Hebei Province Women’s Prison (located in the capital city of Wuhan) on December 26, 2024, to serve a 7.5-year term.
Ms. He Zhuojun was arrested on August 3, 2023, for her faith in Falun Gong, a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999. She stood trial on June 27, 2024, and was sentenced to 7.5 years with 10,000 yuan in September 2024.
Minghui.org learned of Ms. He’s prison transfer in early January 2025. Prior to her latest wrongful conviction, she was repeatedly targeted in the past for upholding her faith in Falun Gong. She was arrested in June 2000, by officers from the Dongcheng Police Station. During her 28-day detention at the Suizhou City Second Detention Center, her husband forced her to sign divorce paperwork.
Ms. He went to Beijing to appeal for the right to practice Falun Gong in December 2000. She was arrested at Tiananmen Square and given one year at the Shayang Women’s Forced Labor Camp. The guards placed her in solitary confinement several times. They also beat her, shocked her with electric batons, and deprived her of sleep on a regular basis. Several inmates wrapped her in a blanket and sat on her. She almost suffocated.
Because Ms. He refused to renounce her faith, the guards extended her term by ten months. The Suizhou City Police Department officers took her to the Suizhou City Second Detention Center for another one-month detention after her extended term expired. She held a hunger strike to protest and was then released.
Ms. He was arrested again at home on the evening of November 23, 2009. She was held in a brainwashing center for five days. The police seized all the valuables from her home, including daily necessities. She was also forced to pay for her living expenses at the brainwashing center.
Ms. He was arrested another time on March 30, 2014, while at work. She was held in the Hubei Province Brainwashing Center for 45 days. The guards constantly verbally abused her or forced her to stand for long hours without moving. The director of the local Domestic Security Division beat her so hard that her mouth bled profusely and several of her teeth became loose. The director also spit phlegm on her face three times.
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