Ms. Sun Lanping from Lanzhou City Arrested Again, Taken to Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre

Name: Sun Lanping
Gender: Female
Age: 50
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Retired employee of Telecommunications Equipment Factory in Gansu
Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 26th, 2011
Most Recent Place of Detention: Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre, Lanzhou
City: Lanzhou
Province: Gansu
Persecution Suffered: Forced labour, brainwashing, hung up, torture, extortion, physical restraint, detention

On July 26th, 2011, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Sun Lanping was taking care of her disabled mother, in her mother's home. She was about to return home at 7:00 p.m., when Tuanjie Xincun Police Station officers arrested her and took her to the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre. Not long after 8:00 p.m., her family came to the brainwashing centre to see her, but they were denied visitation. Her current status is unknown.

Ms. Sun was persecuted on several occasions over the past ten years. She was arrested by the Lanzhou Police in June 2001. She was detained for one day in the Politics and Law Section. She was then taken to the Lanzhou Dashaping Detention Centre for six weeks. Following her detention, she was imprisoned at the Pingantai First Forced Labour Camp for one year and six months.

On November 4th, 2002, director Shi of Telecommunications Equipment Factory in Gansu Province along with Tuanjie Xincun Police Station chief Du in Lanzhou and two other officers broke into Ms. Sun's home, arrested her, then took her to the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre in Lanzhou. She was detained there for over two months.

In July 2007, Dingyuan Police Station chief Zhang Jinbao in Yuzhong County and two other officers arrested Ms. Sun, then took her to the Lanzhou Yuzhong Police Department. She was handcuffed to a chair overnight. The following day near noontime, she was taken to the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre in Lanzhou. Ms. Sun was dragged over to a bed by her hair, and handcuffed to its frame for two days straight.

By the end of November 2007, Ms. Sun still refused to renounce her faith in Falun Gong. Qi Ruijun and Yang Wentai from the brainwashing centre locked her in solitary confinement. Her hands were cuffed and she was hung from a steel door with only her toes touching the ground. She was taken down during mealtime and for toilet use at around 11:00 p.m. As a result of this torture, her wrists were cut, and her hands, feet, and legs were swollen. She was unable to wear shoes or walk, and unable to hold chopsticks due to the swelling and injuries. By January 2008, Ms. Sun had been hung up for 37 days. She began to vomit blood and lost consciousness. A fearful Qi Ruijun took her to the emergency room at Lanzhou Electric Factory Hospital. She was suffering from a stomach infection, and hospital officials issued a warning that she might die. As a result, brainwashing centre officials informed Ms. Sun's family to take her home after her release from the hospital. She went home after nine days in the hospital. Her family was told to pay for the hospital bill which totaled over six thousand yuan¹, even though the brainwashing centre caused her need for hospitalization. Furthermore, the brainwashing centre charged an additional six thousand yuan for living expenses, since she was held at the centre for over six months. This six thousand yuan was taken directly from her pension, thus creating a problem for her retirement savings.

Following Ms. Sun's arrest, her 17-year-old son (not a practitioner) was also arrested by officers from the Domestic Security Division. He was held for 17 hours and was forced to drop out of school.

Relevant individuals and their phone numbers:

Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre:
Qi Ruijun (secretary)
Zhang Mingquan (female), deputy secretary, Municipal Political and Judiciary Committee; director, the local 610 Office
Lanzhou Chengguan District Political and Judiciary Committee: +86-931-8487406, +86-931-8486777
Tuanjie Xincun Police Station:
Wang Xiaoming, chief: +86-13399317716 (office)
Pu Qian, political instructor: +86-13399311788

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/2011/7/29/244629.html