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Ms. Cui Shengyun | ...Ms. Cui's husband Mr. Cong Guoyou was arrested on the same day that she was. On May 19, 2007, in the afternoon, Mr. Cong Guoyou was on his way home accompanied by his then five-year-old daughter. Abruptly, without showing any identification, officers approached and began beating him in front of his young daughter. The police ignored the child's heart-wrenching cries. In front of her, they put a black bag over Mr. Cong's head, forced him into a car, and drove off...
On the day of court appearance (August 28, 2007), Ms. Cui Shengyun (left) is too weak to walk unaided due to the torture she received in the Jiamusi City Detention Center |
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The couple’s two daughters, Cong Xiao (left) and six-year-old Xiaobao (right) holding a letter asking for help to rescue their parents |
Mr. Cong Guoyou, in his 40’s, is a teacher at the Jiamusi City Agriculture Machine Professional School and the director of Teaching and Research Section. His wife Ms. Cui Shengyun, in her 40’s, is also a teacher at the Jiamusi City Agriculture Machine Professional School. The couple has two daughters: the eldest, Cong Xiao and the youngest Xiaobao.
On May 17, 2007, Officers from the Jiamusi City Security Bureau in Heilongjiang Province secretly followed Ms. Cui Shengyun. On May 19, 2007 at around 9:00 a.m., they abducted Ms. Cui Shengyun and took her to the Security Bureau where she was brutally tortured. Later when she was sent to Jiamisi City Detention Center in a coma on a stretcher, blood and urine covering her pants, she was murmuring in a weak voice, “Don’t beat me, don’t beat me.” While in the detention center, Ms. Cui was force-fed, she vomited blood and underwent emergency treatment several times.
On August 28, 2007 at around 1:30 p.m., Jiamusi city Xiangyang District Court of Heilongjiang Province took Ms. Cui from Jiamusi City Detention Center to Xiangyang District Criminal Court. The court started a trial without informing Ms. Cui’s family. The court did not assign Ms. Cui an attorney nor did they give her a chance to defend herself in court. The presiding judge was Zhao Yubin.
Ms. Cui’s husband Mr. Cong Guoyou was abducted on the same day as she was. On May 19, 2007 in the afternoon, Mr. Cong Guoyou was on his way home accompanied by his then five-year-old daughter. Abruptly, without showing any identification, officers approached and began beating him in front of his young daughter. The police ignored the child's heart-wrenching cries. Instead, they put a black bag over Mr. Cong's head, forced him into a car, and drove off.
The police also ransacked the couple’s home and took their valuables, including a computer.
The couple’s relatives made requests for their release many times, but the authorities at Jiamusi City Security Bureau refused without giving any explanations. Under the enormous pressure, the couple’s older daughter is about to drop out of school, and the younger daughter is in need of parental care.
Posted on November 3, 2007 |
