Details about the Persecution of Deceased Schoolteacher Ms. Huang Yanli

Name: Huang Yanli
Gender: Female
Age: 35
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Chemistry teacher at Qixiu High School in Nantong
Date of Death: December 15th, 2004
Date of Most Recent Arrest: 2002
Most Recent Place of Detention: Tiexingqiao Prison for Women in Nanjing
City: Nantong
Province: Jiangsu
Persecution Suffered: Brainwashing, forced injections/drug administration, beatings, imprisonment, solitary confinement, torture, detention, prolonged standing

Ms. Huang Yanli was born in 1969. She graduated from Teacher's College of Yangzhou and was a high school chemistry teacher at Qixiu High School in Nantong. After Ms. Huang started practising Falun Gong in 1997, her lupus symptoms were completely gone and she became mentally and physically healthy. She lived up to the standard of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, worked hard, and was recognised as a good teacher by both parents and her colleagues.

After the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, she was arrested many times by the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) of Nantong because she wouldn't give up practising Falun Gong. She was sent to a brainwashing centre, a detention centre, a forced labour camp, and prison. She was sentenced to one year of forced labour in 2001 by the 610 Office of Nantong and was sent to Judong Forced Labour Camp. She was brutally abused in Group No. 4 in Judong Forced Labour Camp, where they made her stand for long periods of time, and her calves swelled so badly that they looked thicker than her thighs. She was sent back to Nantong and went home after spending two months in Judong Forced Labour Camp.

At the beginning of 2002, she was sent to a detention centre for making Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution. In June 2002, she was arrested by the 610 Office of Nantong while at work and sent to a brainwashing centre. She refused to give up practising Falun Gong, so she was sent to a detention centre for several months.

In November 2002, the 610 Office of Nantong manipulated the local public security authorities and had Ms. Huang put on trial. Without any valid accusations, Ms. Huang was sentenced to six years in prison and was sent to Nantong Women's Prison. To prevent frequent visits from Ms. Huang's mother, Ms. Huang was later transferred to Tiexingqiao Prison for Women in Nanjing. During the time Ms. Huang spend at Ward No. 5, she was abused and beaten terribly by prison guards.

The prolonged abuse was detrimental to her health, and her lupus recurred. According to the law, lupus disqualifies a person from serving a prison sentence. The Nantong 610 Office ignored this. Ms. Huang's family asked that Ms. Huang be released for medical treatment, but the 610 Office acted in collusion with the prison to not let her go home. Furthermore, they forbade Ms. Huang's mother from visiting her.

Ms. Huang was unable to eat for four months, and the prison gave her intravenous solutions often and unknown drugs. She was usually unconscious. When her condition was critical, the prison sent her back to Nantong accompanied by a physician on October 22nd, 2004, but the 610 Office of Nantong still did not let her go to her mother's home.

Ms. Huang passed away on December 15th, 2004. She was only 35 years old.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/11/13/232413.html