On July 21, 1999, Ms. Cui Yaning, female, 34, resident of Linghe District, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, went to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop the persecution of Falun Gong. She was arrested and escorted back to her work unit. Because she refused to renounce her belief in Falun Gong, she was fired from her job. On October 8, 1999, Ms. Cui appealed in Beijing again. She was arrested and taken back to Jinzhou City on October 14, 1999. On October 30, 1999, she was sentenced to two years of forced labor at the Masanjia Labor Camp in Shenyang City.

During the first 20 days of detention at Masanjia Labor Camp, Ms Cui was punished with various forms of brainwashing. Ms. Cui went on a hunger strike to protest the torture. Guard Ji Li tortured her with an electric baton [approx. 30,000 volts]. Ms. Cui was often dragged to the restroom and beaten, which caused her body was battered.

Later, Ms. Cui was transferred to the No. 1 Female Division, where she was forced to do heavy labor. Because she refused to do the labor, guards beat her very badly. Her chest bone was broken. She almost passed out and was in so much pain she could hardly breathe. Disregarding her condition, Ms. Cui was still forced to work more than 16 hours a day, sometimes from 6:30 a.m. until 3 a.m. If she failed to meet the daily quota, guards would further torture her.

In June 2000, the No. 1 Female Division implemented brainwashing on all Falun Gong practitioners. Guard Zhou Qian took Ms. Cui into the office in an attempt to make her sign a guarantee statement to renouncing Falun Gong, she refused, so Zhou Qian slapped her face and forced her to stand in the hallway for 17 hours a day, six days straight. During these six days, Ms. Cui was not allowed to move and had to maintain an upright posture. Then Ms. Cui was shocked with electric baton while she was forced stay squatted in one position from 6:30 a.m. to 12 a.m. Several days later, Zhou Qian took Ms. Cui to the office and jolted her with electric baton until burns began appear on her body. Then Ms. Cui was again forced to squat for a long time.

In the labor camp, Ms. Cui was not allowed to sleep on a bed. Neither was she allowed to talk with others. The guards incited the criminal inmates to monitor her. During the two years detention in the labor camp, Ms. Cui’s family was never allowed to visit her. On October 14, 2001, she was released from the labor camp.

Around 8 p.m. on December 28, 2001, plainclothes policemen arrested Ms. Cui again because she had some Falun Gong Flyers. She was taken to the Lingan Police Station in Jinzhou City. She was body-searched and then assaulted. The police punched, kicked and strangled her. She lost consciousness. One policeman continued to beat her while she was unconscious. When Ms. Cui regained consciousness several policemen spread her arms and legs on the cement floor, and a heavier (approximately 200 lb.) policeman stood on her back and stomped on her violently. After kicking her for a short period, the police flipped her onto her back, and one policeman slapped her in the face many times. Which caused her eyes clotted blood for nearly half a month. Then Ms. Cui’s hands were then cuffed in an extremely painful position. One hand was put behind her back and the other one over top her shoulder, they were cuffed together at the lower back area. The cuffs cut into her flesh and caused her wrists bled. After the cuffs were removed Ms. Cui lost control of her hands and arms.

After the torture, Ms. Cui had several injuries on her body, she felt pain over her entire body, and her chest and a many ribs were broken. She had trouble to breath and could not even stand up. The following day Ms. Cui was sent to the No. 2 Detention Center in Jinzhou City. At the detention center, Ms. Cui was cuffed on an iron chair; she was not allowed to go to restroom. Then she was tortured on a ‘tiger-bench[1]’ for four days, which cause she lost the consciousness of her both legs. On January 30, 2002, Ms. Cui was secretly sent to the Masanjia Labor Camp again. She was sentenced for three years.

In late March 2002, Ms. Cui was force-fed and was injected with unknown drugs during her hunger strike to protest the detention. She was detained in a solitary confinement and her physical and mental health was withering away. She had severe edema all over her body. During May to June 2002, she he continued her hunger strike. In December 2002, Ms. Cui was locked in solitary confinement for nine days straight, her hands and feet were frostbitten heavily. Ms. Cui is being detained at the Brigade 1, Group 2 of the No. 2 Female Division of Masanjia Forced Labor Camp and not allowed family visits.