At noon on August 16th, 2007, a group of policemen from the Kuiying Police Station in Zhongshan District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province broke into Dafa practitioner Ms. Ding Zhenfang's mother's house, arrested the nearly 60-year-old Dafa practitioner Ding Zhenfang, took away the machine that she used for making leaflets exposing the persecution and the leaflets themselves, and detained her at the Yaojia Detention Centre that night. This was the fourth time that Ms. Ding has been arrested since July 20th, 1999.
Arrested in 1999 and Sentenced to Three Years
In November 1999, Ding Zhenfang and her husband were arrested by policeman Gao Yingzhong from the Xigang District Police Department in Dalian City and a policeman from the Shidao Street Police Station. The police ransacked their house and another temporary residence, taking away Dafa books, audiotapes, videotapes, a mobile phone, a pager, and 1,800 yuan1 from the house. Ms. Ding and her husband were detained in the Yaojia Detention Centre in Dalian City for 21 months and subjected to various forms of physical and mental abuse. For example, Ms. Ding was handcuffed to an iron ring set in the ground for long periods of time. In September 2001, Ms. Ding was sentenced to three years at the Shenyang Women's Prison for 15 months. Her husband was sentenced to three years with four years' probation.
Arrested and Sent to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in 2003
Between May and June of 2003, police from the Shidao Street Police Station in Xigang District arrested Ms. Ding and searched her house. Her father fell ill from the shock and never recovered. He passed away less than two years later.
Ms. Ding went on hunger strike to protest her detention at the Yaojia Detention Centre. Prison guard Su Ying, prison doctors Wang Ying and Jia Ling and others beat and force fed her. They tortured her until she was on the verge of death. The police then notified her family to come to the detention centre and take her home.
Held in Yaojia Detention Centre in 2004
On August 19th, 2004, Ms. Ding was reported while handing out leaflets exposing the persecution to passengers on a bus, and she was held at the Yaojia Detention Centre for four days. She was tortured day and night by eight police officers and prison doctors Su Ying, Wang Ying, and Jia Ling. Later, Ms. Ding was sent to the Dalian Forced Labour Camp.
Under orders from police officers Wan Yalin, Han Jianwen, and Yuan Lingyue, inmates took turns torturing Ms. Ding. They used the death bed2 and tiger bench3, and wrapped her up with tape until she could hardly breathe. The prisoners beat her with sticks, force-fed her with water laced with hot spices, hung her up, put her into solitary detention, and shocked her with electric batons. Due to the torture, Ms. Ding had a deformed appearance, was swollen all over, and her ankle festered to the point where the bone was clearly visible. The scars are visible even now.
Even under these circumstances, Ms. Ding was forced to work during the day and then remain standing until midnight. In the end, Ms. Ding was transferred to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp and tortured until she could not speak. There were small growths all over her tongue. The prison doctor diagnosed her with cerebral infarction and urinary blockage, among other severe problems. Having seen that Ms. Ding was on the verge of death, Masanjia personnel notified her family that night to come and take her home. At that time, her sisters could not even recognise her at first.
After going home, Ms. Ding kept studying the Falun Dafa teachings and doing the exercises. Gradually her health was restored, but not to the level it was before.
Arrested for the Fourth Time
On August 16th, 2007, at about noon, Ms. Ding was arrested and sent to the Yaojia Detention Centre. Her mother went to the detention centre several times and asked to take her back. The police said that they could not do that since the arrest was ordered by their superiors.
We hope that fellow practitioners will write letters and make phone calls to the Kuiying Police Station to get them to stop the persecution and help free the detained practitioners.
Note
1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.
2. "Death Bed" torture: A practitioner is tied to a bed with his hands handcuffed above his head to the bed rails, and his legs tied with thin nylon ropes. The rope is then tightly wrapped around the practitioner's body and the bed, from his legs to his chest. The rope is wrapped so tightly that the practitioner has difficulty breathing and eventually loses consciousness.
3. "Tiger Bench": Prisoners are forced to sit on a small iron bench that is approximately 20 cm (6 inches) tall with their knees tied together. With their hands tied behind their backs or sometimes placed on their knees, they are forced to sit straight up and look straight ahead without movement for long periods of time.
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2007/8/26/161550.html
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