Victim:

Ye Hongfang, female, 31, an employee of Heyuan Electrical Power Industry Bureau, Heyuan city, Guangdong province

Location of Detention and Torture:

1.      Bailingshan Detention Center, Heyuan city, Guangdong province

2.      Huizhou city Mental Hospital, Huizhou city, Guangdong province

Perpetrators:

1.      Zhang Riqiang, the Director of the Political Security Division, Heyuan Police Department, Heyuan city, Guangdong province

2.      Doctor Luo, Huizhou city Mental Hospital, Huizhou city, Guangdong province

A Brief Report of the Incident:

On October 13, 1999, Ms. Ye Hongfang was arrested and detained in the Chaoyang District of Beijing for appealing for the end of the ban on Falun Gong. She was returned to Heyuan city, and was given 15 days of administrative detention, and then was put in criminal detention.

On November 23, 1999, Zhang Riqiang, a policeman from the Heyuan Police Department (currently the director of the Political Security Division), collaborated with Ms. Ye's workplace, to have her removed from the Bailingshan Detention Center and to have her committed to Huizhou city Mental Hospital. Upon entering the mental hospital, they tied her down and began injecting her with medication intended for mental patients.

Ms. Ye told the staff in the Hospital that she was sent there only because she persisted in practicing Falun Gong and that she did not have any mental illness. A doctor said: “You were too stubborn; being like that was considered an illness.” Doctor Luo always asked Ms. Ye when checking the room each day: “Do you still want to practice Falun Gong?” He said he would continue to give her injections until she changed her mind. Twice daily Ms. Ye was forced to take medicine in doses of 12-13 pills. The daily injections and oral medication made her feel very tired. She lacked strength and felt confused. When her husband was able to get her released, she had been in the mental hospital for about a month, and in that time had been injected with 26 bottles of narcotics.

In late January 2000, Ms. Ye was sent to the Huizhou city Mental Hospital by the Heyuan Police Department for the second time. Although Ms. Ye's husband pleaded with Doctor Luo not to give her any injections, Dr. Luo injected her nonetheless and forced her to take medicine twice a day. When Ms. Ye refused to take the medicine, they shocked her with electric batons and forced her to take it. This time, the side effects were even worse. Ms. Ye's whole body cramped up. Her arms and legs felt numb; she had blurred vision, weakness, bloating and she had problems with menstruation. Around March 10th, Ms. Ye was completely disabled and near mental collapse. They did not allow her to return home until March 20th. By then, she was extremely weak and her health was ruined.

type = Case, Psychiatric; type=Case, Women; type=Detention Center, Bailingshan Detention Center; location=Guangdong, Heyuan; location=Guangdong, Huizhou