Ms. Song Chang Forced to Have an Abortion

Ms. Song Chang, a Falun Gong practitioner from Hubei Province, worked in Guangdong Province with her husband. On July 17th, 2008, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel in Guangdong and police from Hubei arrested her. Ms. Song was sent back to Shashi and forced to have an abortion. She is detained at the Shashi Detention Centre and is very weak.

Ms. Song is a Falun Gong practitioner from Shashi District, Jingzhou City. In 2008, she was working in Shunde City, Guangdong Province with her husband Mr. Xiong Zhiguo. On July 4th, police from Sunde Police Station entered Mr. Xiong and Ms. Song's house under the pretence of checking their temporary resident status. They took away Mr. and Ms. Xiong without giving a reason. On the second day, the police found out that Ms. Song was three months pregnant, and told her elder cousin to pay 5,000 yuan¹ and take her home.

Later on, Ms. Song went to the police station several times to ask them to release her husband. The police deceived Ms. Song, telling her, "Come here to meet your husband tomorrow. We will release him then."

The next day when Ms. Song Chang went to the police station, policeman Li Zhenggang and others from the first section of the Shashi Police Station arrested her. Ms. Song was taken back to Shashi, The police in Shashi detained Ms. Song at the Station for Women and Children's Health and forced her to have an abortion. 20 days after the abortion, Ms. Song was forcefully detained in Shashi Detention Centre by CCP personnel.

In the detention centre, all she was given to eat was water and several pieces of vegetable. In addition to being weak after the abortion, Ms. Song also developed a fever. Even in such a difficult situation, the authorities did not release her or even allow her family members to visit her.

Ms. Song is still detained and persecuted in the Shashi Detention Centre. Her family members are very worried and upset.

Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/11/23/190360.html