Practitioner Ms. Li Xiumin Diagnosed With Tumour; Calling for Her Immediate Release on Medical Parole

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Xiumin has been detained in Team 2, Division 4 of the Shijiazhuang City Labour Camp for more than 18 months. She has recently been diagnosed with breast hyperplasia and an uterine tumour, a medical condition in all likelihood caused by maltreatment under the persecution. The uterine tumour measures about 1.2 inches in diameter. The doctor urged her to immediately undergo surgery. She also suffers from retinitis and once had symptoms of low blood pressure. Her family is truly concerned for her. Definitive diagnoses are needed to find out whether the tumours in her breast and uterus are benign or malignant, and her life could be in danger if she misses the best time for treatment. Retinitis can result in loss of eyesight if left untreated. We urgently call for the release of Li Xiumin on medical parole. Following is her story:

Li Xiumin, in her late 40s, used to work at Hebei University of Science and Technology. She started practising Falun Gong in October 1995, quickly recovered from numerous illnesses and her mind became purified. She had a happy family and a good job. After the brutal persecution against Falun Gong began on July 20th, 1999, however, she was unlawfully fired and detained for appealing for Falun Gong. Her husband crumbled under pressure and divorced her. Communist regime officials unconstitutionally sentenced her to forced labour for participating in group-Falun Gong exercises. She was savagely beaten, forced to stand for long periods of time, barbarically force-fed and subjected to brainwashing at the labour camp. After her return home she was soon arrested again and has been held in a forced labour camp since then.

During the past seven years of persecution by Jiang Zemin's group, Li Xiumin has been held at labour camp(s) five times and is physically and mentally devastated. She used to suffer from severe rheumatoid arthritis, stomach problems and low blood pressure, among other illnesses. She became depressed after long-term detention and brainwashing at the labour camp. The camp authorities forbade her to do Falun Gong exercises. The camp food is of poor quality. Relapses of her old illnesses in addition to new symptoms could take her life. We urge the labour camp to immediately release Li Xiumin!

Workplaces and people responsible for the persecution:

Division 4 of Shijiazhuang City Labour Camp:
Li Yong: head of Division 4
Li Jun: deputy head of Division 4
Wang Yong: political head

Shijiazhuang City Labour Camp
Address: No 22 Beijiao Street, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province
Zip code: 050051
Phone numbers: 86-311-87752350, 86-311-87753569, 86-311-87776422, 86-311-87763488, 86-311-87776421, 86-311-87752749

Alternate address: No 10 Beicheng Road, Shijiazhuang City
Zip code: 050000
Phone numbers: 86-311-87767140, 86-311-87797124, 86-311-87797145
Main switchboard: 86-311-87754007
Li Aiguo: head of labour camp
Zhao Yunlong: political head
Zhao and Cao Jun: heads of Administrative Section of Shijiazhuang City Labour Camp, 86-311-87754007 ext. 207/203

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/2/18/121111.html