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Ms. Gao Xiuqin Dies after Being Tortured in Jinan City First Women's Prison (Shandong Province)
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Gao Xiuqin lived in the
Zichuan District of Zibo City, Shandong Province. She died at 4:00 p.m. on April
1, 2007. She had been detained in the Fourth Ward of Jinan City First Women's
Prison since October 2002. Her mother-in-law was very worried, and died on
December 5, 2002, shortly after hearing that Ms. Gao had been arrested. Ms. Gao
had late-stage breast cancer when she was released in February 2006. Ms. Gao was forced to labor in a sewing assembly line, which was located in a
basement, where the environment was very humid. Ms. Gao's arthritis healed after
practicing Falun Gong, but it recurred during her forced labor term. They were
forced to labor from 7:00 a.m. until 1:00-2:00 a.m. the next morning. If they
worked until midnight, that was considered an early rest. They were not allowed
to rest except when they ate meals or used the bathroom. Ms. Gao was
"excused" from work at 10:00 p.m. every day due to her physical
condition. There were ten inmates in her cell, and she was the only Falun Dafa
practitioner. The guards assigned two prisoners to closely monitor her. If
anything happened that did not please the guards, those two prisoners would have
their "merit points" reduced. Half of Ms. Gao's body was in extreme pain during a period in 2005, and she
could not move. When she was released in February 2006, she was very weak, and
it was discovered that she had late-stage breast cancer. She was hospitalized on
March 6, had an operation on March 7, and died on April 1, 2007. Below are persecution facts of some other Falun Dafa practitioners detained
in Jinan City First Women's Prison. Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Du Jiqun, 47, is from Weifang City. She was
tortured in the Fourth Ward as well, and had internal bleeding in her upper
intestine and stomach. Nevertheless, Ward Head Xu (first name unknown) still
forced her to do labor. She passed out. Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Xizhi, in her fifties, is from Yantai City.
She was also detained in the Fourth Ward. Because she refused to accept the
brainwashing, she was locked in solitary confinement and forced to sleep on the
cement floor. She was closely watched by two prisoners, who were encouraged by
guards to beat her. Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Chen Xiuling, in her forties, and from Shouguang
City, was sentenced to a nine-year term. She was detained in the Second Ward.
Because she resisted the persecution and refused to wear a prisoner's uniform or
use a prisoner's plate, she was tortured for approximately two weeks by being
locked in solitary confinement without any clothes to wear. She was monitored
with a camera. April 11, 2007 Posting date: 4/15/2007 |