Elderly Ms. Wu Yingzi Dies as a Result of Persecution in Jilin Province

Name: Wu Yingzi
Gender: Female
Age: 68
Address: Wangqing County, Jilin Province
Occupation: Accountant, Community Welfare Company
Date of Death: July 17th, 2010
Date of Most Recent Arrest: August 5th, 2009
Most Recent Place of Detention: Wangqing Brainwashing Centre
City: Wangqing
Province: Jilin
Persecution Suffered: Forced labour, brainwashing, imprisonment, home ransacked, detention

Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the persecution of Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, Wu Yingzi has been to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong three times. She was arrested and detained at Tiananmen Square Detention Centre, where she was brutally tortured all three times. She was only released after her physical condition became serious. After she returned home, local police detained her at Wangqing Detention Centre, and then sent her to Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp in Changchun for one year.

After she was released from the forced labour camp the first time, Ms. Wu continued telling people the facts about Falun Gong and was again sent to Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp. After she returned from the forced labour camp the second time, she sent Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution to fellow practitioners. She was arrested again and sent to Helong Detention Centre for three years, but she was released after her physical condition became serious. Because she was aware that local CCP officials still wanted to persecute her, she did not return home upon her release and became homeless in order to avoid further persecution. She was arrested again while exposing the truth of the persecution in nearby areas. She was sentenced to three years of forced labour and sent to Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp again. She was released again after her physical condition became serious.

In all, Wu Yingzi was taken to detention centres three times and was detained for more than 70 days.

Quan Qingyou, commander of Wangqing Domestic Security Division, together with more than 20 police officers from Wangqing Town Police Station, broke into Wu Yingzi's home. They arrested six practitioners and ransacked the house. Ms. Wu was detained at Zhongan Detention Centre in Wangqing County.

When Ms. Wu was distributing Falun Gong leaflets at around 4:00 p.m. on December 25th, 2007, she was arrested by police from Wangqing Town Police Station. She was detained at Zhongan Detention Centre.

She was again arrested at her home by police from Wangqing Town Police Station at around 3:30 p.m. on July 2nd, 2008. The police ransacked her home and detained her at Zhongan Detention Centre.

On July 30th, 2009, five police officers from Wangqing Town Police Station drove to Wu Yingzi's home, broke down the door and ransacked her home. Ms. Wu escaped, but was not able to return home. When she did return home to get some clothes on the morning of August 5th, 2009, she was arrested by police, who had been on a stake-out near her home.

At Wangqing Brainwashing centre, Wu Yingzi was persecuted so severely that she developed a serious heart condition and her blood pressure shot up. At the time, police told her to go home and said that they would arrest her again after she recovered. The elderly woman was forced to become homeless to avoid further persecution.

Ms. Wu passed away on July 17th, 2010.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/11/12/232365.html