(Minghui.org) A 61-year-old Chongqing woman has been subjected to ongoing harassment and surveillance since she completed her third prison term in July 2023 for practicing Falun Gong.
The local street committee installed two surveillance cameras facing Ms. Huang Zhenglan’s door in July 2023, right after she was released from prison. Liu Yi of the street committee also brought the police to her home numerous times to harass her.
On April 9, 2024, the local court garnished about 5,000 yuan from Ms. Huang’s bank account to cover the fine she was levied when she was given her third prison sentence after her arrest in December 2020. The fund was the subsidy accumulated during the past four years for parents with only one child. Because of this, Ms. Huang had to do odd jobs to make ends meet.
Ms. Huang attended her ex-mother-in-law’s funeral on July 20, 2024, when village officials Wu Shibo and Mei Zhongmei, as well as grid manager Tao Mei, followed her all the way there. The funeral guests were infuriated and one of them said, “These officials only know how to bully good people!”
The trio followed Ms. Huang back home after the funeral.
Related reports detail Ms. Huang’s past persecution. Below is a quick rundown of her two forced labor terms, three prison sentences, and two psychiatric hospital detentions, totalling around 15 years of incarceration.
Ms. Huang went to Beijing three times in 2000 to appeal for justice for Falun Gong, in June, July and November, respectively. She was soon released the first two times, but she was sentenced to four years in prison after her third arrest. Her husband divorced her on February 4, 2002, while she was still serving time. Her mother died in grief soon afterwards. Ms. Huang’s daughter was bullied at school because of her mother’s imprisonment, and lived in fear.
Ms. Huang was released on November 11, 2004, only to be arrested again on September 29, 2005 and given two years of forced labor. She was released on medical parole on August 9, 2006, but was arrested again on September 29, 2007. She was taken to a psychiatric hospital and was held there for 27 days.
Another arrest took place on January 22, 2009, with Ms. Huang given another two years of forced labor. The labor camp authorities decided to release her on medical parole on February 3, 2010, but the local 610 Office took her straight to a psychiatric hospital and held her there until January 5, 2011.
The police arrested Ms. Huang in late January 2016 and she was sentenced to four years in prison. She was released on January 20, 2020, but was arrested again on December 14, 2020 and sentenced to prison a third time. It is unclear what her exact prison sentence was but she was released in July 2023 after two years and seven months of imprisonment.
Tortured in Two Labor Camps, Chongqing Woman Is Imprisoned Again for Her Faith
Ms. Huang Zhenglan Persecuted at the Changshou District Psychiatric Hospital in Chongqing