Sister Repeatedly Arrested, Brother Tortured to Death

Ms. Ma Jumei, who is in her fifties, and from Changji City, Xinjiang, was arrested on December 9th, 2014, at the nursing home she has managed since her release from detention in 2011. Ms. Ma has been repeatedly arrested and detained in the past because she is a Falun Gong practitioner.

Ms. Ma's younger brother, Mr. Ma Jujun, was tortured to death in the Urumqi City Mental Hospital in 2004. Ms. Ma was being held at the Xinjiang Women's Prison at the time, and was not allowed to attend her brother's funeral.

Ms. Ma's brother was an assistant for the Changji City Falun Gong practice site. He was sent to Wujiaqu Forced Labour Camp in October 1999 for two years, where he was subjected to beatings, electric shocks, and other forms of abuse. He was tied to a bed for four months because he conducted a hunger strike to protest the torture. Mr. Ma was detained for eight months beyond his initial term, and taken to a brainwashing centre twice after being released in May 2002. He was arrested again on March 4th, 2004, and subjected to inhumane tortures at the Urumqi City Mental Hospital. He passed away on September 27th, 2004, at the age of 41.

Parties from Luzhoulu Police Station in Changji City, Xinjiang involved in persecuting Ms. Ma:
Zhao Aiping (赵爱萍), police: +86-15886929619 (Mobile)
Yang Runmao (杨润茂), police: +86-13095069909 (Mobile)