Practitioner Ms. Wang Yuqing Arrested, Hospitalised in Guangdong Province

At 9:25 a.m on February 22nd, 2008, Ms. Wang Yuqing was arrested at home by agents from the 610 Office¹ and sentenced to forced labour. Recently, Ms. Wang was taken to the Guangdong Province Armed Police Hospital and there is no further information.

Her family became aware that officers at Haizhu District Detention Centre planned to send Ms. Wang to the labour camp, however, because Ms. Wang went on a hunger strike for many days and she was very weak. She was rejected by the labour camp and returned to the Haizhu District Detention Centre. When her family members applied for medical parole, it was rejected by the officers from detention centre. They did not release Ms. Wang and did not allow her family to visit her.

Ms. Wang Qingyu was a manager of the Department of Business, Shenzhen City Development Bank, Haizhu Branch. In 1997, she began to practise Falun Dafa. She strove to act according to the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance" and applied them in business. Her boss and colleagues only had good things to say about her.

Since July 20th, 1999, when the Chinese Communist Party began to persecute Falun Gong, Ms. Wang has been frequently mistreated. From 1999 to 2005, she was arrested many times. She was detained for five years. The life of her family was severely affected, along with their morale and financial status. Even after she was released and back home, the local police went to harass her.

There is a time that is called "sensitive time" by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the police and the agents of the neighbourhood administration. They go to Ms. Wang's home and harass her and her family. At around 8:00 a.m on February 22nd, 2008, two officers from the neighbourhood administration went to her home, the chief of the Sushexincun Neighborhood Administration, Tan Jintian (male), and a female. They coerced the elderly people at Ms. Wang's home to open the door. Later, four policemen went to her home, ransacked it and confiscated some personal items. Ms. Wang Yuqing was arrested.

One night, Ms. Wang's husband went to the police station to ask for her release. The police asked him to cooperate with them to convince Ms. Wang--in others words, to brainwash her. This was sternly rejected by her husband. At that time, Ms. Wang was detained at the Sushe Police Station. Later, Ms. Wang was transferred to the Haizhu District Detention Centre where she was tortured.

Later, Mr. Wang's family went to the Haizhu District Detention Centre, the Sushexincun Neighbourhood Administration, the Sushe Police Station, the Haizhu District Police Department repeatedly and asked to be allowed to visit Ms. Wang. Their requests were always denied and the police had a bad attitude toward the family.

Her family continued to demand her release until March 12th, 2008, when the family was given a document stating that Ms. Wang's had been sent to a forced labour camp for one year. The issue date was March 5th, 2008. The family asked the police why they were not told earlier. They answered that it had been mailed out.

We call for the release of Ms. Wang Yuqing and all Falun Gong practitioners who have been arrested and detained.

Note

1. "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/3/30/175446.html