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Name: Sun ZhuoyingChinese Name: 孙卓英Gender: FemaleAge: 75City: ShanghaiProvince: N/AOccupation: N/ADate of Death: December 6, 2025Date of Most Recent Arrest: December 9, 2020Most Recent Place of Detention: Pudong New Area Detention Center
A 75-year-old Shanghai woman died on December 6, 2025, after suffering years of persecution for her faith, Falun Gong.
Ms. Sun Zhuoying was detained for at least 12 years (serving two forced-labor terms and three prison terms) after the Chinese Communist Party launched a nationwide campaign against Falun Gong in July 1999. She was last released on June 8, 2022, and faced constant harassment in her final years. The local 610 Office installed a surveillance camera at her door, and they often broke into her home to check if she was printing Falun Gong materials.
In March 2024, Ms. Sun delivered a DVD containing Falun Gong information to the local police station. Her home was subsequently raided and her Falun Gong books were confiscated. She was not arrested due to her poor health and advanced age. She died in December 2025.
Sentenced to Four Years in 2001
Ms. Sun was sentenced to four years in the Shanghai Women’s Prison in 2001. She was forced to stand or sit for long hours, sometimes until midnight. The abuse left her dizzy most of the time, yet the prison guards constantly beat and verbally abused her.
The guards ordered Ms. Sun to clean the restroom that was used by dozens of inmates, but she was not allowed to use it. She was forced to use a bedpan to relieve herself in the cell. The guards often forbade her from emptying the bedpan, in order to make the inmates in the cell resent her. After her term expired, the authorities held Ms. Sun at a brainwashing center for three additional months before they let her go home.
Given 1.5-Year Labor Camp Term in 2005
Ms. Sun was arrested again in April 2005 and given 18 months at Shanghai Women’s Forced Labor Camp.
After the labor camp director defamed Falun Gong, and Ms. Sun called out “Falun Gong is good” she was put in solitary confinement for one month, and had her term extended by two months.
Ms. Sun was later forced to do hard labor every day. She was only given ten minutes to wash herself and do laundry. Starting in May 2005, the guards made everyone use the washroom at the same time (instead of taking turns) because there were too many newly admitted drug dealers. All the women had to clean themselves in front of each other. There was no privacy.
Another Forced Labor Term in 2007
Ms. Sun was arrested in mid-August 2007 and given an unknown term of forced labor. When she refused to read books slandering Falun Gong, labor camp guard Shao Dongsheng instructed drug dealer Lu Peili and other inmates to take turns reading the books out loud in front of her.
As a result of the torture there, Ms. Sun suffered three major gastrointestinal bleeding events and was hospitalized. The labor camp refused to release her on parole.
Sentenced to Five Years in 2011
Ms. Sun’s next arrest was on May 13, 2011, for hanging up a banner to celebrate Falun Gong’s public introduction 19 years prior. She was sentenced to five years in the Shanghai Women’s Prison by the Pudong New Area Court.
During her imprisonment, the guards stuffed her mouth with a dirty rag and taped her mouth, ears, and head, as well as her hands, legs and feet, simply because she shouted “Falun Gong is good.” Then, the guards hit her head with a heavy object while verbally abusing her for two hours. The guards did not stop until she became unconscious and incontinent.
After that, the guards repeatedly ordered Ms. Sun to write statements to renounce Falun Gong. When she refused to comply, they held her in solitary confinement and gave her very little food. She was forced to stand facing the wall from 5:30 a.m. until lunch break at noon, which lasted only ten minutes. Afterwards, she was forced to stand again until dinner. After the ten-minute dinner break, she was forced to resume standing until midnight. Throughout the day, the inmates could beat and verbally abuse her at will.
When Ms. Sun still refused to renounce Falun Gong, the inmates forced her to squat without moving all day long within a square drawn on the ground. Sometimes they also dragged her around to torture her.
The guards specifically made a small stool that pinched her buttocks when she sat on it. In the summer, they tied her hands and legs to her body and covered her with a thick comforter. She sweated profusely and almost collapsed.
In the winter, the guards poured cold water over her, lifted off her comforter every 15 minutes when she slept, or forced her to run around in the room.
By the time Ms. Sun was released in May 2016, she had lost hearing in one ear. Her entire body was in pain. She was unable to stand, sit, or walk and had trouble eating and sleeping.
Sentenced to 1.5 Years Following Arrest in 2020
Ms. Sun’s last arrest was on December 9, 2020. The prosecutor approved her arrest on January 16, 2021, and later moved her case to the Fengxian District Court. She appeared in court on October 26, 2021, and judge Zhu Qin sentenced her to eighteen months.
She had gastrointestinal bleeding multiple times but was still ordered to serve time. It is unclear whether she remained at the Pudong New Area Detention Center after the sentencing or if she was transferred to a prison.
Ms. Sun faced constant surveillance after she was released on June 8, 2022.
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