Ms. Li Qing Sentenced to Six Years of Imprisonment

Name: Li Qing
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Address: Chengguan Township, Shan County, Shandong Province
Occupation: Former county government employee in sales

Date of most recent arrest: August 20th, 2009
Most recent place of detention: The Shandong Women's Prison
City: Jinan
Province: Shandong
Persecution suffered: Detention, home ransacked, extortion, sleep deprivation, torture

Ms. Li Qing was previously an employee of the Department of Supplies and Sales in the county government before she was dismissed from her job for refusing to renounce her belief in Falun Gong.

On August 20th, 2009, Li Qing and three other female practitioners were arrested by officers from the Political and Security Group of the Shan County Police Station and the Dongguan Police Station of Shan County. They were detained at the county detention centre. Li Qing's home was searched and her personal belongings, including a computer and a printer, were taken away by the police.

The four practitioners were tortured during their detention period. They were forced to stand still for long periods of time, and deprived of sleep. A torture method called the tiger bench¹ was used on them, too. Eventually, three of the practitioners were released while only Li Qing remained in custody. Her family members were not permitted to visit her in the detention centre. On January 12th, 2010, Li Qing was sentenced to six years of imprisonment by the Shan County Court, and sent to the Shandong Women's Prison on March 10th.

Because of her steadfast belief in Falun Gong, Li Qing has been persecuted by the Communist Party. She was illegally sentenced the first time to three years of imprisonment by the Leqing City Court in Zhejiang Province in 2001, and sent to the Hangzhou Women's Prison.

Officials directly involved in persecuting Ms. Li:
Chen Yunquan, political and law secretary of the Communist Party at the Shan County Government
Wang Zhanyun, female, director of the 610 Office
Li Guang, director of the Shan County Police Department: 86-15505300081 (Mobile)
Wang Yangui, director of the Political Security Group, Shan County Police Department
Liu Jianfeng, party secretary
Police officers Qi Dunzhou, Bao Lihu, and Wang Jianmin

Note

1. "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/2010/3/21/220190.html