Name: Zhang Yueqin
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Address: Tangshan City, Hebei Province
Occupation: Retired worker
Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 10, 2008
Most recent place of detention:
Hebei Women's Prison (河北省女子监狱 )
City: Shijiazhuang
Province:
Hebei
Persecution Suffered:
Detention, home ransacked, extortion, illegal sentencing, imprisonment, electric shock, brainwashing, sleep deprivation, beatings, other forms of torture.

(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Yueqin was sentenced to five years in prison by the Tangshan Court in 2008. Currently, she is being held in the Hebei Women's Prison, where she has been subjected to torture and other abuse.

After Zhang Yueqin was sentenced, she was taken to the 14th District of the Hebei Women's Prison (which is the district for new prisoners). The prison guards used electric batons to shock her lower body, stuck her with needles, and forced her to stand on a hot board so that she could not sleep.

Torture re-enactments: Shocking with electric batons and forced standing

Later the guards transferred Zhang Yueqin to the 6th District. Wu Hongxia, the instructor at that time, ordered the staff on duty to stick her with needles. After they used all the thin needles, they used thick needles. They also slapped Ms. Zhang until they were too tired to continue. Later, the guards ordered collaborators from other districts to brainwash Zhang Yueqin all day long day. Sometimes the brainwashing sessions lasted until midnight, and sometimes they continued until 4a.m.

After three months, Zhang Yueqin still did not give up her belief in Falun Gong, so the guards did not allow her sleep for four days and four nights. This went on until she passed out. Later they moved her to a special group and continued to persecute her for another six months. However they still could not “reform” Ms. Zhang, so she was taken back to the 6th District.

In June 2011, the Hebei Women's Prison formed a “reforming” class and claimed that they would “reform” Zhang Yueqin.

Zhang Yueqin is a retired worker from the Tangshan City Meat Processing Factory. She used to be very sick. Her kidney disease was the most severe problem, which did not improve after many different treatments. After Ms. Zhang started to practice Falun Gong, all of her illnesses disappeared and her bad temper also improved. Her husband He Yixing used to be a transportation director in the Tangshan Electric Facility. He worked hard and had a good reputation for being very kind to everyone.

At around 8 a.m. on July 10, 2008, Chen Hong, team leader of the Domestic Security Bureau of the Tangshan City Lubei Police Department, brought more than ten policemen from the Domestic Security Bureau and the Diaoyutai Police Station. They tried to break into the home of He Yixing and Zhang Yueqin. They destroyed the lock but were not able to open the security gate. Then they called two fire trucks and set up ladders to reach the sixth-floor balcony. They broke the window and entered the home. They ransacked the home, arrested Mr. He and Ms. Zhang, and stole cash and valuable belongings. On the same day, the police also arrested their younger daughter, He Yan and son-in-law, Sun Fengli.

Later, the Lubei Court in Tangshan directly sentenced He Yixing to seven years in prison, Zhang Yueqin to five years in prison and Sun Fengli three years in prison.

Currently, Zhang Yueqin is very weak. There is a large bump about the size of a bowl on her arm. Often, she does not talk to anyone for a whole day, nor does she drink water. We hope that people worldwide will pay attention to Ms. Zhang's situation and help secure her release.

Office of the Hebei Women's Prison

Hebei Women's Prison Inquiries: +86-311-83939708
Zhang Yi, previous director of Hebei Women's Prison (retired): +86-13832116656, +86-311-83939601
Feng Huizhi, chief of the ward: +86-13503338384

Please refer to the original Chinese article for the names and phone numbers of the people who are responsible for the persecution.

Related article:

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2011/7/31/244701.html