Dr. Hu Borong, a gynecologist at the People's No. 3 Hospital in Huangmei County, was illegally sentenced to one year in a labor camp for practicing Falun Gong. On July 23, 2001 she was sent to the Shizishan Rehabilitation Labor Camp. A body search was performed upon entering the camp, and the guard wanted to force her to write consent to be subjected to the "detention rules." She was not an offender, so she refused. They wrote her name down, and with four people restraining her, they forced a handprint on the piece of paper. Then they shaved her head.

On July 27, she wrote a declaration that the handprint was forced and against her will. She was subjected to being wrapped in a blanket and beaten severely by several guards repeatedly each day, and also subjected to the “standing’ stance torture. This resulted in her lower limbs shaking, being weak and hard to control and eventually lead to her being quadriplegic (paralyzed from the waist down).

The Military Zone District Hospital in Wuhan and the Wuhan Central Hospital verified her condition. She returned home on October 19, 2001.