Two Sisters, Ms. Wang Yinghua and Ms. Wang Yingxia from Jiamusi Detained, Family Traumatised

Two sisters from Jiamusi City, Ms. Wang Yinghua and Ms. Wang Yingxia, were detained numerous times since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong in 1999. Their family was also severely affected. Their parents are unable to take care of themselves and the home was left unattended.

Below is a partial account of the persecution suffered by the two sisters:

Wang Yingxia Severely Abused, Wang Yinghua ArrestedMs. Wang Yingxia, the younger sister, went to Qinghe Town in Tongjiang City to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong on the evening of December 14th, 2007. Qinghe Town Police Station officers arrested her and sent her to the Fuyuan County Detention Centre.

One day in late April 2008, Ms. Wang Yinghua, the elder sister, received a phone call from a Fuyuan County Detention Centre official, who said: "You sister is ill. Come and bring money, so that she can be treated."

Ms. Wang immediately went to Fuyuan County with 1,500 yuan¹. When she saw her sister, she could barely recognise her. Her face was so severely swollen that she could not see. A guard in the detention centre said that she had been sentenced to three years of imprisonment without going through legal procedures. Ms. Wang immediately requested her sister's release on medical parole. The detention centre officials said they could not make that decision and deflected responsibility for Ms. Wang Yingxia's condition, claiming that her sister had to speak to Tongjiang City officials. Ms. Wang Yinghua then went to the Tongjiang City Police Department, where officials refused to release her sister on medical parole.

At that time, Ms. Wang was temporarily staying in the home of practitioner Ms. Liu Yanwei. Police officers arrested both Ms. Wang and Ms. Liu at 8 p.m. on May 5th, 2008. The officers confiscated 1,500 yuan from Ms. Wang, took Ms. Liu's keys, and then entered her home and confiscated a laptop computer and Falun Gong materials. Ms. Wang and Ms. Liu were held at a detention centre.

Wang Yinghua Detained

When a detention centre guard tried to perform a physical exam on Ms. Wang and Ms. Liu, Ms. Liu refused to co-operate. The detention centre head Yang Hua then beat her with a heavy belt. When Ms. Wang shouted, "Stop the beating," Yang Hua started to beat her as well.

After being put in the cell, Ms. Wang and Ms. Liu began to explain the facts about Falun Gong to the inmates. The inmates were very sympathetic and listened to them. When Ms. Wang called out "Falun Gong is good!" the guard threatened to beat her. However, Ms. Wang informed her about the true nature of Falun Gong and the guard then left. No guards came to bother her anymore when she subsequently called out "Falun Gong is good!"

The next day, Tongjiang City Domestic Security Division agents interrogated Ms. Wang. She said: "You called me to come and seek treatment for my sister's illness. Now you have stolen the money I had brought for her medical expenses."

The guard then brought out heavy iron shackles, which were usually used on death-row inmates, and immobilised Ms. Wang, spreading her four limbs apart.

Wang Yinghua Sent to Forced Labour Camp

The next day, the guards notified the Jiamusi Suburb Domestic Security Division officials, who then sent Ms. Wang to the Xigemu Labour Camp in Jiamusi City with a term of one and a half years.

After Ms. Wang arrived at the forced labour camp, five guards, including Liu Yadong, Li Xiujin, and a guard with surname Zhang, forced her to sign documents to give up her belief. Liu Yadong chained Ms. Wang's arms and legs to an iron chair. She was kept restrained this way day and night for four consecutive days, and then division manager Wang Xin ordered the torture to be extended by three more days. After Ms. Wang was released from seven days of being immobilised in the iron chair, she could no longer stand up. Two inmates had to hold her up when she tried to walk. Her legs were so swollen that it was difficult for her to take off her trousers.

Afterward, the guards forced Ms. Wang to do hard labour every day. As a result, Ms. Wang was often exhausted. The only food she was given was mouldy steamed buns and cabbage soup, occasionally mixed with mud or dead mice.

Wang Yihua's Family Traumatised

When Ms. Wang returned home from the labour camp a year and a half later, she found that her family's condition had severely deteriorated. Due to the stress resulting from her two daughters' detention, their once-healthy mother became sick and bedridden. Their father, who had relied on their mother's help due to his having suffered a stroke, was left unattended. Despite his poor physical condition and not being able to walk steadily, he had once travelled to the forced labour camp to visit his daughter. When he arrived there, however, he was turned away by the labour camp officials.

Ms. Wang's family used to run a restaurant. After she was detained, her husband, son and mother-in-law were severely traumatised. Her husband was not able to remain fully focused on the business, and their restaurant lost a lot of money. Her son could not focus on work either, and her mother-in-law, already in her 80s, had to help run the restaurant.

Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/11/26/232967.html