Ms. Wang Hongxia Dies as a Result of Torture in Labour Camp

Name: Wang Hongxia
Gender: Female
Age: 47
Address: Family House of Shandong Prison in Weifang City
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: September 15th, 2009
Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 9th, 2008
Most recent place of detention: Shandong Province First Women's Forced Labour Camp
City: Jinan
Province: Shandong
Persecution Suffered: Sleep Deprivation, Beatings, Torture, Forced Labour, Brainwashing

On July 9th, 2008, before the Olympics in Beijing, 30-40 police officers from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) broke the windows to Ms. Wang Hongxia's home, entered and arrested her and her husband, Mr. Jiang Zhenbo. On August 8th, 2008, Ms. Wang was taken to the Shandong Province Second Women's Forced Labour Camp located in the Wangcun area of Zibo City. Within six months, the torture she endured in the camp caused Ms. Wang to develop tumours of various sizes in her armpit and on her breasts.

Ms. Wang's husband, Mr. Jiang, was a high-ranking prison marshal in Weifang City Prison, and was fired at the end of 2000 for his persistence in cultivating Falun Gong and adhering to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. He is still being detained in the Shandong Province Second Men's Forced Labour Camp located in Zhangqiu City, Shandong Province.

Ms. Wang was assigned to the Fourth Ward in the Second Women's Forced Labour Camp. The guards in charge were Wu Xiuli and Li Qing. Wu was on duty the day that Ms. Wang arrived, and she tried to "transform¹" her immediately. Every time Wu tried to "transform" her, Ms. Wang either remained silent, or gave an answer that was not satisfactory to her. She would hit Ms. Wang's left breast, which caused her great pain. She had gone through special police training for fighting, and knew how to hit a woman.

One of the torture methods Ms. Wang endured was sleep deprivation. At first she was forced to sit up until after 11:00 p.m., and then it became after 1:00 or 2:00 a.m. She was then forced to get up at 4:00 a.m., which caused her to confuse day and night. Other methods included forcing her to stand for over twenty hours a day, even when eating meals, not letting her use the toilet or take showers, beatings and scolding.

On September 24th, 2008, Ms. Wang was taken to the Shandong Province First Women's Forced Labour Camp in Jinan City. She was assigned to Ward VI to be brainwashed for a month. They tortured, threatened, and isolated her. They made her work like a slave. In December 2008, as a result of the brutal mistreatment in both of the labour camps, she began feeling a slight pain under her left armpit. On December 22nd, 2008, when examined with ultrasound in Jinan City Police Hospital, it was discovered that she had many tumours of different sizes under her left armpit and on her breast. The doctor wanted her to have an operation immediately, but the First Women's Forced Labour Camp would not pay the medical expenses. On January 9th, 2009, they released Ms. Wang for medical treatment.

On January 15th, her family took her to the Weifang City People's Hospital to have another examination, and it was found that along with the left side of her body, the tumours had also appeared on her right side. Ms. Wang Hongxia suffered for eight more months and died on September 15th.

Earlier report: Wang Hongxia Tortured by the Second Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province, http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2009/8/31/110459.html

Note

1. "Reform or Transform" Implementation of brainwashing and torture in order to force a practitioner to renounce Falun Gong. (Variations: "reform", "transform", "reformed", "reforming", "transformed", "transforming", and "transformation")

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2009/9/18/208562.html