Police Vow Never to Release Ms. Zhen Ziuqin

Name: Zheng Xiuqin
Gender: Female
Age: 47
Address: No.4 Branch of the Bajiazi Bureau of Forestry, Helong City, Jilin Province
Occupation: Kindergarten teacher
Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 19th, 2010
Most Recent Place of Detention: Beida Detention Centre
City: Yanji
Province: Jilin

Persecution Suffered: Forced labour, beatings, torture, sexual assault, physical restraint, interrogation, detention, denying toilet visits.
Key Persecutors:
Zhao Jing, party secretary of the commission for Law and Politics, and head of the "610 Office", Bajiazi Public Security Bureau
Zhang Wenxin, head of the 110 Squadron of Yanji City
Xu Jingpo, head of the 110 Brigade of Yanji City,
Li Guanghe - directly involved in arrests: 86-158-44337066
Li, guard, Yanji City Detention Centre: 86-130-89449019

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zheng Xiuqin had become homeless in order to avoid ongoing police harassment and arrest. When the police found Ms. Zheng and arrested her, they vowed to never release her. Ms. Zheng's daughter and brother were worried about her, so they insisted on coming along to the police station. Now their whereabouts are unknown.

In September 2005, Zheng Xiuqin was interrogated and injured during torture by police from Dunhua City

On July 19th, 2010, at around 4 p.m., Ms. Zheng Xiuqin was talking to people about Falun Gong in the Jinxue Street neighbourhood. She was arrested by plainclothes police from the 110 Bureau, who were monitoring her. Ms. Zheng is being detained at the Beida Detention Centre. The authorities first said that they would detain her for 15 days, but they have not yet released her. Ms. Zheng went on a hunger strike in protest of the detention.

Zheng Xiuqin is an outstanding employee and well liked. After she was arrested, her boss tried to secure her release, but was unsuccessful.

On July 27th, Ms. Zheng's relatives went to visit her after she had been on a hunger strike for days. They were heartbroken when they saw her condition, and wanted to have her released so she would be able to eat. Then, six police officers arrived and took Ms. Zheng with them in a police vehicle. They claimed that they would take her to a hospital. When her relatives protested and tried to go with them, they pushed one relative out of the vehicle. Ms. Zheng's daughter and brother insisted on going with her and the three of them have not been heard from since.

Ms. Zheng has been arrested and tortured before. On August 31st, 2005, when she and another practitioner were talking to people about Falun Gong, a taxi driver reported them to police. Police from Dunhua City arrested the two practitioners. They interrogated and tortured them, causing severe injuries. They eventually released them to avoid responsibility for their actions. Ms. Zheng was later forced to become homeless to avoid further persecution.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/7/28/227635.html