Arrested Less Than One Year After a Wrongful Prison Term, Heilongjiang Woman Suffers Stroke in Custody and Faces Trial

(Minghui.org) Ms. Fu Yunping suffered a stroke and became paralyzed on one side of her body, not long after she was arrested for talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong. The local court refused to released her on bail and is proceeding to prosecute her.

Ms. Fu Yunping, a native of Longjiang County, Heilongjiang Province, moved to Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province for work after she finished serving a three-year prison term in May 2024 for practicing Falun Gong. She was arrested again on April 7, 2025, after being reported after talking to someone about Falun Gong.

The arresting officers from the Shujiang Police Station in Taizhou raided Ms. Fu’s home and only found a media player with Falun Gong’s lectures in it. To collect more “evidence” against her, the police interrogated all of her coworkers at a hotel and demanded to know whether she had said anything about Falun Gong to them.

Ms. Fu was put under criminal detention the day after her arrest and taken to the Taizhou City Detention Center. The Taizhou City Procuratorate approved her arrest in mid-May 2025 and forwarded her case to the Taizhou City Court.

The detention center called Ms. Fu’s family on June 19, saying that she had a stroke and was being resuscitated at the hospital. When her family visited her, she was unable to move one side of her body or talk. She was tied up in the bed and seemed to have a clear mind.

Ms. Fu’s family applied to have her released on bail, yet the judge in charge of her case denied their request. Ms. Fu’s daughter has hired a lawyer to seek justice for her.

For upholding her faith in Falun Gong, Ms. Fu was previously twice given a three-year term (first in 2014 and then in 2021). She survived the brutal torture at the Heilongjiang Province Women’s Prison, only to be arrested again and became incapacitated from a stroke, likely induced by the torture in custody.

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