(Minghui.org) A 76-year-old woman in Xinxiang City, Henan Province, is still being tortured in prison for upholding her faith.
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is an ancient spiritual discipline based on the universal values of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. It has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999 due to its popularity.
Ms. Liang Yuying was sentenced to a prison term of unknown length in 2016 and taken to the Xinxiang Women’s Prison.
Because she shouted “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance is good” in late September 2019, two inmates beat her and caused her to faint. Her head was covered with blood.
The guards then put Ms. Liang in solitary confinement on October 19, 2019. The head of the prison verbally abused her on the way to solitary confinement.
During her one-month detention in solitary confinement, Ms. Liang was given only half of a steamed bun for each meal. She was terribly emaciated when she was finally let out. Suffering from serious malnutrition, she was unable to stand up and had a nearly 90-degree hunchback.
Ordered by the prison guards, the inmates often verbally abused Ms. Liang and pinched her, causing bruises all over her body.
Because Ms. Liang didn’t cooperate with the guards during a search of her cell, Wang Yanfu, a guard director, ordered the inmates to look for paprika to torture Ms. Liang. They later gave up after failing to find any.
A guard surnamed Wang verbally abused several Falun Gong practitioners when they refused to squat during a cell search on April 9, 2020. Wang also often beat people arbitrarily.
Ms. Liang was transferred in November 2020 from the ninth ward to the ward for those to be released soon. Yet the guards still beat her and restrained her on a tiger bench torture device with her head covered. She was also held in solitary confinement as punishment.
Torture illustration: tiger bench
Past Persecution
Ms. Liang has been repeatedly arrested and detained for upholding her faith since the persecution began in July 1999. She was arrested on November 25, 2009, for talking to a young couple about Falun Gong and sentenced to three and a half years in prison by the Xinye County Court in October 2020.
Also in the Xinxiang Women’s Prison, she was held in solitary confinement for three months. The inmates beat and verbally abused her every day. They also forced her to stand for extended periods of time and handcuffed her behind her back.
When she shouted “Falun Dafa is good” in protest, the inmates held her down and choked her.
Ms. Liang later held a hunger strike to protest the persecution and was force fed. They stuffed her mouth and pinched her nose, causing her to faint many times. The guards then got the prison doctor to give her injections to revive her.
The guards also forced her into a straitjacket and starved her in the winter.
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