Ms. Ye Hongfang is from Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. She has practiced Falun Gong for many years. After the Chinese Communist Party began to persecute Falun Gong in July 1999, she went to Beijing to peacefully appeal for justice for Falun Gong, but was arrested and taken back home and to the Heyuan City's 610 Office. Despite the fact that Ms.Ye is a mentally healthy person, this office took her to the Huizhou Mental Hospital of Guangdong Province where she suffered brutal torture. She remained firm in her belief in Falun Dafa. She was sentenced to one year of forced labor and taken to the 2nd Brigade of the Guangdong Sanshui Women's Forced Labor Camp. She suffered inhuman mental and physical torture in 2001. After her release in 2002, she was caught making truth-clarification materials about the persecution of Falun Dafa. The Heyuan City 610 Office staff took her to the Sanshui Brainwashing Center. She again was brutally tortured and as a result of this torture, lost her eyesight. She was taken back to Heyuan City, where she was detained for close to a year. After that, staff from Heyuan City 610 Office sentenced her to another seven years in prison.