Recent Situation of Persecuted Practitioner Ms. Shao Lihong from Jilin Province

Fifty-eight year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Shao Lihong from Jiaohe City, Jilin Province, has been staging a hunger strike for a very long time in the Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City to protest the persecution. At this moment she is extremely weak and has been in critical condition several times.

Ms. Shao Lihong was a teacher. After she started to practise Falun Gong in 1996, she always disciplined herself according to "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." Her physical and mental health improved, and her morals also improved. This made people respect her very much. After July 20th, 1999, she did not fear the frenzied persecution and went to Beijing to appeal. She was detained and persecuted several times.

At nightfall on November 11th, 2005, four or five policemen suddenly broke into her home and took her away forcibly. They put her in the Jiaohe City Detention Centre to persecute her. Ms. Shao staged a hunger strike to protest. Without regard for her life and safety, Jiaohe City policemen sent her into the Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City for further persecution.

Ms. Shao has been on hunger strike to protest the persecution. The police guards force-fed her in a brutal manner. As a result she had an ulcer in her mouth and oesophagus, and her lungs became swollen. The guards also forced her to go into the canteen at every meal time. She is now extremely weak. She has been at death's door several times. The officials sent her to the Jilin Province Police Hospital for further persecution.

Because Ms. Shao refused to give up Falun Gong, she was tortured. She subsequently developed heart disease and liver problems. Her legs are swollen and she has difficulty walking, too. The forced labour camp not only refused to release her but also attempted to force her husband to sign a statement claiming that the labour camp is not responsible for any fatal incident. When her husband refused to sign, the guard threatened him many times. Ms. Shao's over 80-year-old father is in a late stage of lung cancer. Her whole family is in great distress, but is not allowed to see her.

Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Jilin Province: 86-431-5384312, 86-431-5384317 (dial extension 5103 during the day and 6103 at night)
Zhang Yuhe, head of the 610 Office in Jiaohe City: 86-432-7222982, 86-1330449133
National Security Team, the Jiaohe City Police Department: 86-432-7240718
Bai Mingku, agent in charge of persecuting Falun Gong in the police department: 86-432-7238608 (Home)

Detention Centre: 86-432-7235016

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/5/29/129120.html