Name: Xu Cuiyun (徐翠云)
Gender: Female
Age: 44
Address: Dingguantun Village, Linnancang Town, Yutian County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province
Occupation: Farmer (农民)
Date of Most Recent Arrest: January 9, 2010
Most Recent Place of Detention: Yutian County Detention Center (玉田县看守所)
City: Yutian County
Province: Hebei Province
Persecution Suffered: Beatings, torture, extortion, physical restraint, home ransacked, interrogation, detention
Defense Attorney: Zhang Chuanli
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Xu Cuiyun, 44, is a resident of Linnancang Town. She was illegally arrested and tortured in January 2010, then put on trial in a Yutian County Court and sentenced to three years of imprisonment on May 28, 2010. She is appealing her case.
Ms. Xu was arrested by officers Zhang Jindong, Zhang Lianhong, and others from the Linxi Police Station when she was posting a flier about the indictment of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan by an international court on the night of January 9, 2010.
At the station, the police tried to get a "confession" from Ms. Xu by torturing her all day long on January 10, 2010. She was locked up in an iron cage and sprayed with a strong corrosive powder on her face and nose by police officers Liang Chao and Chen Jindong, who also used a towel sprayed with the same powder to cover her face, as they dragged her around until she lost consciousness. Policeman Haitao viciously hit her face, and it started bleeding. Police officer Li Junyong also participated in the persecution.
One of the police officers from Linnancang Town later that day found out who Ms. Xu was and where she lived. The police from Linxi Town then went to her home and ransacked it. They also confiscated her personal belongings and arrested her husband. He was released only after paying a fine of 10,000 yuan.
On May 28, 2010, Ms. Xu was put on trial at the Yutian County Court. The people present at her trial included Tang Lianhua, president of Yutian County First Criminal Court, judges Sang Zetao and Zhang Baocun, public prosecutor Meng Qingguo, court secretary Liu Liying, and Mr. Zhang Chuanli, Ms. Xu's lawyer. He requested that she be immediately released, and presented a "not guilty" defense. He pointed out that it is legal to practice Falun Gong since there isn't a law in China that identifies it as a "cult." Furthermore, Falun Gong is not included as one of the fourteen so-called "cult organizations" currently maintained by the Department of Public Security.
After listening to the defense lawyer's argument, the prosecutor was speechless. To prevent the defense lawyer from continuing, judge Tang Lianhua didn't allow further questions to be asked. The court adjourned without sentencing Ms. Xu; however on July 2, 2010, officials at the court sentenced Ms. Xu to three years in prison.
Responsible personnel's phone numbers (Area Code: 86-315):
Yutian County 610 Office: 6130610
Yutian County 610 Office manager: 13832969400, 6118766 (office)
Tang Jianhua, president of Yutian Country First Criminal Court: 6162097, 13933323423 (cell)
State Security Brigade (police handling the case): 13613336006
Linxi Police Station: 0315-6574110
Shu Zhisheng, police chief: 13832987955
Police officers involved in the case: Zhang Jindong, Zhang Lianhong, Liang Chao, Li Junyong, and Hai Tao
July 8, 2010
