Name: Cao Junfeng (曹俊峰)
Gender: Female
Age: 54
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 9, 2008
Most recent place of detention: (潍坊市看守所)
City: Weifang
Province: Shandong
Persecution Suffered: Imprisonment, "Reeducation" through labor, Physical Constraint, Sleep Deprivation and Extortion

(Clearwisdom.net) At 8:30 a.m. on October 18, 2009, Judge Mu Aiping and judicial officers Lu Baoqing and Li Hong of the court of Hanting District in Weifang City, Shandong Province, presided over a trial against Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Cao Junfeng. She was sentenced to a nine-year term just for following Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. As there is a 10-day appeal period, Ms. Cao Junfeng was detained in the Weifang City Detention Center until October 28, 2009.

This miscarriage of justice caused great pain to Ms. Cao's daughter. In September 2008, Ms. Cao's only daughter married. Her mother was unable to attend the wedding because she was detained in a prison despite being innocent of wrongdoing. The guards even refused a family visit between Ms. Cao and her daughter. The day after the marriage ceremony, officers from the Domestic Security Division of Weifang City ransacked Ms. Cao's home.

Ms. Cao Junfeng is 54 years old. She has been imprisoned for one year and three months, beginning on July 9, 2008. Before Ms. Cao practiced Falun Gong, she suffered greatly from gastro-intestinal illnesses. She was very weak and could not do usual household chores. After Ms. Cao practiced Falun Gong, she became healthy and full of energy. Most importantly, she has decided to live by the principles Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. She resolved to become a better person and people around her agree that she is a good person.

On July 9, 2008, at 6 a.m., officers of the Domestic Security Division of Weifang City broke into Ms. Cao's home and arrested her, ransacked her home, and took her to the Weifang Detention Center. Her husband was frightened and suffered a heart attack.

The guards at the detention center cruelly tortured her and her health deteriorated within one month after her arrest. She vomited often and there was blood in her stool. Ms. Cao's family members were prevented from visiting her.

On August 10, 2008, officers from the Domestic Security Division of Weifang City took Ms. Cao to Wangcui Forced Labor Camp of Shangdong Province, despite her bad physical condition. In the forced labor camp, Ms. Cao was inhumanly persecuted. Her health turned for the worse and she vomited and lost more blood. Fellow prisoners did not like to be close to her.

In September 2008, despite Ms. Cao's bad health condition, the Domestic Security Division of Weifang transferred her to the Shouguang Detention Center. In October 2008, Ms. Cao went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution.

From September 2008 to May 2009, Ms. Cao Junfeng suffered under different torture methods, including the iron chair. She was also deprived of sleep for more than 20 days. She became disoriented and physically very weak. Then, she was transferred to the Xinkang Prison Hospital in Jinan City, where she was held for one month.

In November 2008, Ms. Cao was taken to the General Hospital of Shandong Province, which is in actuality a prison. Officially it is a treatment center, but unofficially it is a place to torture practitioners. She was detained behind two iron doors and two to three inmates monitored her around the clock. Later, Ms. Cao was taken to Changle Detention Center.

Ms. Cao Junfeng's younger sister, Ms. Cao Junping, also a practitioner, was arrested by the Domestic Security Division of Weifang Public Security Bureau on July 29, 2008. By the end of 2008, Ms. Cao's two brothers, one sister-in-law and a good friend had been arrested. Officers extorted 10,000 yuan from each of them. They also had to present a "guarantor" to be released. The police even threatened that if they told anyone they would be arrested again.

In February 2009, the Domestic Security Division of Weifang extorted 28,000 yuan from Ms. Cao's husband and daughter. In addition, the police forbade them to hire a defense attorney for Ms. Cao.

The Hanting District Court of Weifang City tried Ms. Cao Junfeng again on July 31, 2009, and then again on October 18, 2009, sentencing her to a nine-year term.

Those involved in this persecution are: Hanting District Court of Weifang City, Weifang Procuratorate, Kuiwen Procuratorate, Hanting Procuratorate, Kuiwen District Domestic Security Division.

This victimization for following the principles of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance is an injustice and has caused great suffering to Ms. Cao Junfeng's family.