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Ms. Shan Yuqin (48) was from
Dalianhe Town, Yilan County, Heilongjiang Province, where she raised watermelons
to support her family. In February 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal to the
government for the right to practice Falun Gong. For exercising her right to
appeal, the Dalianhe Town Police Department arrested her, sent her to the Yilan
County Second Detention Center and forcibly confiscated 2,500 Yuan of her money.
In July 2000, she was detained again for 34 days and the police confiscated
another 1,500 Yuan. On November 27, 2000, the Dalianhe Town Police Department
arrested her at her home, sent to a detention center for 210 days and fined her
960 Yuan. During this detention period, she was subjected to forced brainwashing
where she was severely tortured. Because Ms. Shan was frequently arrested and
detained, no one was available to attend to her crop. As a result, her family
did not have any income and led a very hard life.
In 2001, the Dalianhe Town Police Department arrested Ms. Shan again and
sentenced her to two years of forced labor at the Wanjia Labor Camp. There the
police brutally beat her and shocked her with electric batons. They cuffed her
hands and hung her up. The handcuffs cut deep into her flesh and left deep scars
on her wrists. When they were beating her, they knocked out fourteen of her
teeth. Due to the long-term torture, her health deteriorated severely. Half of
her body was paralyzed and she could no longer take care of herself. She
suffered a mental collapse, and had frequent mood swings. One minute she was
crying, and the next minute she was laughing. Only because of this condition did
the labor camp finally advise the Dalianhe Town Police Department to ask her
family to pick her up. However, the town government Party Secretary Mao Yongfeng
and the Dalianhe Town Police Department Chief refused to stamp the documents
needed for Ms. Shan's release. Later, when Mao Yongfeng went to the labor camp
to do some business, the camp authorities asked if they could release Ms. Shan
on a medical parole. Mao replied, "Is she still alive? As long as she still has
one breath left, keep her here." As a result, Ms. Shan was detained for another
six months, during which time her condition got progressively worse. On December
30, 2003, the Yinlan County "610 Office"
and Ms. Shan's family picked her up. After she returned home, she remained
paralyzed and bedridden and her health kept deteriorating. On August 20, 2004,
she passed away. type=Case, Death; type=Case, Women; location=Heilongjiang, Yilan; type=labor camp, Wanjia Labor Camp; tpye=case, torture |
