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Ms. Yang Lijuan Tortured and Sent to a Forced Labor Camp, Her Parents Have No Place to Appeal By a practitioner in Jilin City, Jilin Province
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yang Lijuan from Jilin City
was sentenced to eighteen months in a forced labor camp. On September 23, 2005,
police from the Shuangji and Mingzhu Police Stations of Changyi District, Jilin
City transferred Ms. Yang to the Heizuizi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Changchun.
Earlier, on August 24, State Security Unit agent Di Shigang and others has
arrested Ms. Yang. They illegally detained her at the No. 3 Detention Center of
Jilin City, where she was subjected to brutal torture, including having bamboo
sticks hammered through the tips of her fingernails, being force-fed with hot
pepper powder and water, being hung by a rope that was tied to a metal window
frame, and being shocked with electric batons while tied to a chair. On the morning of September 23, Ms. Yang's parents, who are in their
eighties, went to the detention center and asked to see their daughter. At
first, their request was denied. After repeated begging, they were allowed to
see her from a distance of tens of meters. The police told the elderly couple
that their daughter would be released on September 25, when her detention
sentence ended. Ms. Yang's parents believed them and thanked the police at the
detention center. However, that afternoon, they received a telephone call from
the detention center telling them that their daughter had been sent to the
forced labor camp. They were shocked. On September 21, Yang Lijuan's parents went to the State Security Unit No. 3
of the Jilin Police Department and asked for their daughter's release. At first,
the police refused to see them. After repeated requests, an officer named Yang
Wei came out and told Ms. Yang's parents to go back to the Shuangji Police
Station to obtain a ticket to see their daughter. So Yang Lijuan's parents went
to the Shuangji Police Station, and one of the arresting officers, Xu Luqing,
told them that the case had been transferred back to Yang Jianxin of the Changyi
Police Sub-bureau, Criminal Department (Tel. 86-432-2485263). Xu also give Ms.
Yang's parents a notice of criminal detention. The next day, Ms. Yang's mother
called Yang Jianxin, but he was very rude to her. He told Ms. Yang's mother that
he would not see her, and he told her sarcastically that she could appeal
anywhere she wished. After Ms. Yang was sent to the forced labor camp, her mother called the
Shuangji Police Station to verify her daughter's whereabouts. She was told to
pick up the notification for "re-education through forced labor"
regarding Yang Lijuan. After she refused, they sent the notification the next
day. So far, Ms. Yang's parents have been to the State Security Unit No. 3 of the
Jilin Police Department, the Shuangji Police Station, the Mingzhu Police Station
and the Changyi Police Sub-bureau to obtain their daughter's release, but no one
even paid attention to them. They could not find the person who had promised
them that their daughter would be released on September 25. They have no place
to file an appeal and are deeply worried that their daughter will again be
brutally persecuted at the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp. They are under tremendous
pressure and each day feels like a year to them. Relevant Contact Information - Police officers from the Shuangji Police Station directly involved in the
arrest: State Security Unit Address: 51 Beijing Rd, Chuanyin District, Jilin City,
Zip 132084 No. 3 Detention Center: Mingzhu Police Station: 86-432-2552473, 86-432-2563286 Jilin City Police Department Address: 51 Beijing Rd, Zip 132084 October 5, 2005 Posting date: 10/17/2005 |