Law Professional Jin Yijun Appeals Forced Labour Sentence

Name: Jin Yijun
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Address: Qilihe District, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province
Occupation: Law professional
Date of Most Recent Arrest: December 7th, 2011
Most Recent Place of Detention: Gansu Province Women's Forced Labour Camp
City: Lanzhou
Province: Gansu
Persecution Suffered: Detention, home ransacking, denied visitation, forced labour.

On December 7th, 2011, Ms. Jin Yijun went to Lanzhou Prison to pick up practitioner Shao Yanbo, who had been incarcerated for eight years. She was followed and arrested by officers from the Domestic Security Division in Lanzhou City. Her home was also ransacked. On January 5th, a lawyer was engaged, but that same day, the police manipulated the Labour Re-education Committee in Lanzhou City and took Ms. Jin Yijun to forced labour. On the afternoon of January 6th, the police secretly transferred her from the First Detention Station in Lanzhou City to the Gansu Province Women's Forced Labour Camp for one year of forced labour.

On February 7th, Jin Yijun's family finally saw her in the labour camp. In the camp, guards stood behind her. Her family outside of the glass window were also surrounded by guards. Ms. Jin's 9-year-old daughter, who had not seen her mother for two months, wept so sadly that she could not speak. A policewoman said to Jin Yijun, ”See how much you hurt your family? Write a statement now so that you can go home early.” Ms. Jin said to the policewoman, “I did not do anything wrong. What kind of statement can I write!” The policewoman had no reply. Jin Yijun told her family clearly that she would appeal the forced labour sentence.

It is known that the Lanzhou Forced Labour Committee considered as evidence what the police found when they searched Jin Yijun's purse and ransacked her home, including Falun Gong books.

Gansu Province Women's Forced Labour Camp: +86-931-8797866, +86-931-8797088
Liu Junchang, CCP secretary
Li Xiao, director
Yang Delan, deputy director

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