(Minghui.org) A woman in Pingdu City, Shandong Province, was detained for ten days in May 2024 for her faith in Falun Gong, a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999. Months later, the police went to Ms. Liu Guiying’s home and forcibly collected blood and hair samples without explaining the purpose.
Ms. Liu had just stepped outside her apartment building at noon on April 26, 2024 when she heard someone calling her name. In a flash, four plainclothes officers swarmed her and snatched her bag and electric bicycle key. They pushed her into an unmarked car and drove her straight to the Dongge Police Station for interrogation. She was released at 10:30 p.m.
Ms. Liu’s husband received a call at around 10 a.m. on May 13, 2024, ordering him to notify his wife to report to the Dongge Police Station right away. She went and was immediately seized. The police said they were giving her ten days of detention. At 1:30 p.m., a male officer surnamed Zhang and a female officer took her to the Pingdu Hospital for a physical examination. Her systolic blood pressure was 220 mmHg (when a normal range is 120 or lower) and her heart rate was 119 (a healthy range is between 60 and 100 beats per minute).
The local detention refused to admit Ms. Liu due to her health. Officer Zhang then forced her to take some unknown drugs before taking her to the same hospital for another checkup. He then drove her to the detention center again. The guards noted that Ms. Liu was shaking uncontrollably and declined to admit her. Zhang managed to use his connections to have her admitted at 10:30 p.m. that night.
Ms. Liu was released on May 24, 2024. Her husband received another call from officer Zhang on September 9, again ordering his wife to report to the police. This time Ms. Liu did not comply. At around 3 p.m. on September 14, Zhang led two other male officers to her home and forcibly drew her blood and removed a few strands of her hair without explaining why. Ms. Liu fears that the samples will be used to see if she is a candidate for involuntary organ donation in the state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners.
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