When they were driving out of town, the police just detained them without showing ID. Because the case was reported on the internet, the local police questioned their families to track down who exposed their criminal acts.

Ms. Shang Shiying and Ms. Shan Huanrong Illegally Arrested and Tortured

Ms. Shang Shiying and Ms. Shan Huanrong are Falun Gong practitioners in Tangshan City, Hebei Province. They were illegally arrested in January 2010  and were tortured at Fengnan District Police Precinct and Fengnan District Detention Center.

Ms. Shang Shiying

Shan Huanrong and Shang Shiying are sisters-in-law. On the afternoon of January 14, 2010, when they were out together driving with Ms. Li Chunxiang, they were illegally detained in Fengnan District by the police who didn't show any ID. On January 15, Shan Huanrong's mother and brother went to her home. Immediately after they opened the door, seven or eight officers hiding nearby forced their way in and ransacked the place. They confiscated a computer, printer, and some Falun Gong books. The police summoned Shang Shiying's husband home from work later the same day. They forced him to open the door and ransacked the home. They confiscated a DVD burner and other personal belongings.

The police officers involved in the ransacking were Li Lianguang (from Fengnian District Police Precinct) and Li Yingxiang and Dong Zhisheng (from Diaoyutai Police Station) and others. A few days later, the police station even demanded that their families return the receipts that listed the items taken away, as an attempt to destroy evidence.

The three women were abruptly and illegally seized and taken to Fengnan District Police Department, where they were forced to sit on steel chairs for twenty-four hours. During that time, they were forced to keep their eyes open, and were not allowed to use the toilet. Shang Shiying didn't eat or drink the whole day. To make her be photographed,  the Domestic Security Team Captain Yao violently pulled her down by her hair, causing her neck to sprain.

After they were taken to Fengnan Detention Center, center director Zhang Baocai beat Shang Shiying. Political Instructor Qiao Jinyou and guard Fang Shuyun viciously cursed at her. Shang was handcuffed and shackled for 14 days. Her wrists were cut and scarred, and her socks were torn by the shackles.

Shang Shiying is an employee of Tangshan Workers Hospital. She has been detained by her employer five or six times. She had also been imprisoned in the 1st Detention Center of Tangshan City, where she was locked in solitary confinement, shackled, hands cuffed behind the back, and forced to sit on a steel chair. She was once abducted to Ankang Hospital (a mental hospital) in Tangshan City, where she was injected with damaging drugs and tortured with an electric needle that sent 40 amps of current through her body.

Their family members asked the police for their whereabouts, but Li Lianguang, deputy chief of Fengnian District Police Precinct, refused to tell them. The families tried various channels and learned that they were currently at Fengnan District Detention Center. After what happened was reported on the internet, the local police station questioned their family members to track down who exposed their criminal acts.