Victim:

Huang Lilan, female, 68 year old, a retired official from the Bureau of Meteorology, Guangdong province

Location of Detention and Torture:

Mental Hospital of Baiyun District, Guangzhou city, Guangdong province

Perpetrators:

1.      Head of Mental Hospital of Baiyun District, Guangzhou city, Guangdong province

2.      Xu Jubo, police officer from the first section of the Guangzhou Dongshan Police Substation, Guangzhou city, Guangdong province

3.      Fang Guohui, police officer from the first section of the Guangzhou Dongshan Police Substation, Guangzhou city, Guangdong province

4.      Head of the police station of Guangzhou city, Guangdong province

A Brief Report of the Incident:

On October 11, 2000, police arrested Huang Lilan at her home because she practiced Falun Gong. All Falun Gong books and related materials in her house were confiscated. She was healthy but was sent to the mental hospital of the Baiyun District, Guangzhou city, Guangdong province. Her family was not informed and no diagnosis was ever made.

Huang Lilan was badly tortured in the mental hospital. She was tied to a chair for the entire afternoon. She was also injected with unknown substances. She developed stomach pain, which lasted the entire night after the first injection. The hospital began to give her large amounts of medicine twice a day that left her constantly sleepy and in a dazed condition. After the injections, her mouth was dry and her abdomen swelled. She also developed insomnia.

After three months in the mental hospital, with the help of her working unit, Huang was able to go home. She was never presented with a diagnosis or documentation of her stay.

type = Case, Psychiatric; type=Case, Women; location= Guangdong, Guangzhou