Ms. Zhang Yuzhen from Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province Sentenced to Forced Labour After Six Years of Imprisonment

Ms. Zhang Yuzhen, 39, is a Falun Gong practitioner from Lidu Township, Jinxian of Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. In October 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. She was arrested and sentenced to six years of imprisonment and detained in the Jiangxi Women's Prison. On November 10th, 2006, when her term was completed, the authorities, including Yu Xiaodong (prison chief), Li Hui (deputy prison chief) and Zhong Yanhua (prison policewoman) from the prison, Wang (secretary) and Zhao (director) from the Jinxian County's 610 Office¹, and Tao (captain) and Mao (political instructor) from the Lidu Police Station secretly transferred Zhang Yuzhen to the Jiangxi Women's Forced Labour Camp for a three-year forced labour term.

During Ms. Zhang's detention at the Jiangxi Women's Forced Labour Camp, the authorities deployed all kinds of inhuman torture methods to try to force her to give up her practice of Falun Gong. The torture included locking her in a solitary cell, beating her while she was hung up, burning her with cigarettes, exposing her to the scorching sun for long periods of time, typing her up with rope for long periods of time, and keeping her in handcuffs and shackles for long periods. These tortures caused severe damage to both her physical and mental health.

In September 2005, policewoman Zhong Yanhua once again hung Zhang Yuzhen from a metal window frame with both hands cuffed behind her back for several hours. This torture paralysed Zhang Yuzhen's hands and left her unable to take care of herself.

Jiangxi Provincial Bureau of Prisons:
Hu Yuliang (director): 86-791-8697366
Yan (associate director): 86-791-8697386
Luo (associate director): 86-791-8697326
Xie (secretary): 86-791-8697391

Jiangxi Province Women's Prison:
Yu Xiaodong (prison chief): 86-791-3711687

Jiangxi Province Women's Forced Labour Camp:
Song Bo (director): 86-13907090285 (Mobile), 86-791-8296345

610 Office of Jinxian County, Jiangxi Province
Wang (secretary), Zhao (director): 86-791-5622202

Note

1. "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/11/21/142895.html