Retired School teacher Ms. Yang Zefang from Sichuan Province Has Been Detained for More Than a Month

Name: Yang Zefang
Gender: Female
Age: 63
Address: Heping Road Police Department Dormitory in the Chuanshan District, Suining City
Occupation: Former schoolteacher
Date of Most Recent Arrest: September 22nd, 2011
Most Recent Place of Detention: Suining City Detention Centre
City: Suining
Province: Sichuan
Persecution Suffered: Detention, brainwashing, forced labour, harassed

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yang Zefang and her non-practitioner husband, a retired police department official, live in Suining City, Sichuan Province. Officers from the Suining City Police Department, the Chuanshan District Police Department, the Suining City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), the Suining City State Security Division, and the Yucai Road Police Station have harassed and mistreated the couple for a long time.

Ms. Yang and her husband went shopping around 9:00 a.m. on September 22nd. When they passed by the entrance to the Weixiangqiao Farmers' Market on Heping Road in Suining City, they were confronted by more than ten officers who were staked out there. They arrested Ms. Yang, put her into a police vehicle, and drove her to the Suining City Detention Centre. Participating in the arrest were officers from the Chuanshan Domestic Security Division headed by Xu Jun, Chuanshan District 610 Office agent Tang Huanhuan, and officers from the Yucai Road Police Station and Heping Road Neighbourhood Committee.

Ms. Yang was previously subjected to a one-year forced labour term in February 2009 for practising Falun Gong. She put in a “study class,” which was actually a brainwashing session for her in the Suining City Detention Centre. Two people were assigned to monitor her. She was not allowed to leave the room, forbidden to wear a watch or have a mobile phone, and denied phone calls. She had no personal freedom. Every day, all the daily activities were focused on “brainwashing” her. Ms. Yang refused to comply with them, so they would not release her. Due to this abuse, she was greatly harmed both physically and mentally.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2011/10/25/248300.html