Jiang Fuxiang's Husband Dies, Family Torn Apart

Name: Jiang Fuxiang
Gender:Female
Age: 60
Address:Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Date of Most Recent Arrest:October, 2006
Most recent place of detention: Masanjia Labour Camp
City: Shenyang
Province:Liaoning
Persecution Suffered:Detention, interrogation, home ransacked, re-education through labour, living under surveillance

Ms. Jiang Fuxiang, 60, is from Benxi City, Liaoning Province. She began practising Falun Gong in 1995. Since then, her diseases were cured, and her mental health improved. However, in the last ten years, because of the persecution against Falun Gong, her home was raided twice, she was detained and arrested three times, sent to a labour camp three times, and detained for a total of four years. Her son was implicated. Her husband died from the anger and sorrow.

In July 1999, Jiang Fuxiang went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. At that time, there were hundreds of police from various provinces across China surrounding the appeals office. They detained those who came to appeal. Before Ms. Jiang even reached the office, she was detained and interrogated. The stripped off all of her clothes and took away her belongings. She was forced to take the train back to Benxi City under police surveillance.

After she returned to Benxi, she continued to be detained. She did not eat for two full days. Police officer Cao Yong from Mingshan Police Station in Benxi City sent her to Ajialing Detention Centre. She was kept there for 15 days.

In late October 1999, police officer Cao Yong broke into Ms. Jiang's home and asked whether Ms. Jiang and her son still practised Falun Gong. They both said yes. They were taken right away to Ajialing Detention Centre and kept there for 15 days. During her detention, Ms. Jiang was severely tortured. At the end of 15 days, police asked her again whether she still wanted to practise. They said that if she said yes, they would send her to a prison right away.

At about 11 p.m. on December 28th, 2001, Cao Yong and four or five police broke into Ms. Jiang's home and raided it without a warrant.

Ms. Jiang asked Cao why they raided her home. Cao said, "Don't blame me. I am not the one arresting you. Our police station had arrested enough people. The City Police Department needs more arrests. You and your son must go with us."

After they raided her home, they took Ms. Jiang and her son to the police station and kept them in a cell overnight.

The next day, Ms. Jiang was sent to Benxi City Detention Centre. After 13 days there, she was sent to Masanjia Labour Camp for a year. She was brutally tortured while at Masanjia.

In October 2006, Ms. Jiang was taken to Benxi Detention Centre when she was trying to tell people about the persecution. She was again sent to the Masanjia Labour Camp, where she was severely tortured. Her husband came to visit her and saw how emaciated she was. He was very sad and angry. Their home was subsequently raided and their son was implicated. Ms. Jiang's husband was so overwhelmed by sadness and anger that he died within one month of visiting her.

In May 2008, Ms. Jiang was released. Even after she returned home, policeman Yuan Guoping from Benxi City continued to threaten her. He told her, "You have to tell us where you are going. You cannot just go anywhere at will. Your ID will be checked whenever you take a bus. Since you are a Falun Gong practitioner, you cannot go anywhere. We will watch you for three years after your release from the labour camp."

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2009/10/30/211293.html