(Minghui.org) Since the persecution of Falun Gong started in July 1999, countless Falun Gong practitioners have been arrested and sentenced, and thousands of deaths have been confirmed.
In some cases, although some practitioners became seriously ill due to abuse in a detention center, they were still taken to prison to serve wrongful terms for their faith and continued to be tortured for not giving up Falun Gong. Some passed away as a result.
The select cases listed below are examples of how the Jinzhou City Women’s Detention Center worked with the Liaoning Province Women’s Prison to persecute practitioners.
Dozen of practitioners are currently being held in the Jinzhou Women’s Detention Center, and some are struggling with severe physical issues due to the persecution. For example, Ms. Zhou Lina failed the physical exam and had a low platelet count, but the detention center still admitted her.
Woman Died 14 Days After Prison Admission
Ms. Li Yanqiu, a retired worker from Lingxi Hotel in Jinzhou City, was arrested on December 14, 2018, for distributing calendars with information about Falun Gong. The police confiscated her computer, Falun Gong books, and other personal belongings. She was held in Jinzhou City Women’s Detention Center.
Ms. Li was extremely weak the day she arrived because she had been on a hunger strike and been force-fed since her arrest. Her trial was held on the morning of January 21, 2019, in the detention center. A judge from the Taihe District Court presided. She was too weak to speak during the hearing. She was sentenced to five years.
She was transferred to the Liaoning Province Women’s Prison on February 19, 2019. She passed away 14 days later, on March 4. She was 52.
Woman Released from Prison in Vegetative State, Dies Five Months Later
Ms. Wang Yanqiu was incarcerated in Liaoning Province Women’s Prison after she was arrested in July 23, 2013, with two other practitioners, Ms. Zhou Yuzhen and Ms. Qu Wei (who has since died). They were apprehended for distributing Shen Yun Performing Arts DVDs that contain programs that depict the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong. She was once in critical condition due to torture in the Jinzhou Women’s Detention Center.
Ms. Wang and Ms. Zhou were tried on December 12, 2013. Ms. Wang’s lawyer pleaded not guilty on her behalf. Both women were sentenced to four years in January 2014.
Because Ms. Wang had hypertension, blood clots in her brain, severe anemia, and a spinal issue, the prison initially refused to admit her, but the director of the detention center was later forced to take her.
Ms. Wang fell into a coma in June 2017, a month before her scheduled release. She regained consciousness ten days later. Her family took her home on July 25, and she died five months later on December 29. She was 56.
Once in Critical Condition Due to Torture, Woman Who Moved Frequently to Avoid Constant Harassment Dies
Ms. Jiang Yanling of Yi County, Liaoning Province, was arrested at a temporary residence on December 22, 2009, and secretly sentenced to 13 years in May 2010. She developed serious illness symptoms during her ten months in the Jinzhou City Detention Center, but was still taken to the Liaoning Province Women’s Prison around September 11, 2010.The detention center extorted 2,000 yuan from her family.
Her health further deteriorated after she was tortured in the prison. She developed a heart condition, uterine fibroids, and hemangioma. She was hospitalized after she began to vomit blood and had a lasting fever. When she was near death, the prison released her a few days later on April 30, 2011.
Just as she began to recover, the authorities took her back to prison on November 3, 2011, and she was tortured again for not renouncing Falun Gong. Her health quickly declined due to the torture, and she was released on medical parole for the second time on July 10, 2013.
Not given a moment of peace to recover due to continued police harassment, Ms. Jiang sold her house and was again forced into an unstable life. She passed away eight years later, on February 12, 2021, after enduring unimaginable hardship and suffering. She was 63.
English Teacher Admitted to Prison with Scabies
Ms. Wang Lige, an English teacher at the No. 2 Middle School in Jinzhou City, was arrested on April 17, 2009, and held in the Jinzhou Women’s Detention Center. She was sentenced to four years by the Linghe District Court on September 18, 2009. Even though she had scabies all over her body due to the torture in the detention center, Liaoning Province Women’s Prison still admitted her.
Ms. Wang was subjected to brutal torture in the prison. Her left eyebrow was injured and still hurts, her right arm suffered from severe muscle strain due to being hung up for a long time, and she was unable to lift heavy objects.
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