(Minghui.org) A 70-year-old woman serving eight years for practicing Falun Gong is being subjected to relentless torture in prison for upholding her faith.
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.
Ms. Wang Ruiling, of Zunhua City, Hebei Province, was taken to the Hebei Province Women’s Prison on April 15, 2021, the guards have been denying her family from visiting or calling her. They also force-fed her with an unknown drug, hit her head against the wall and poured cold water over her. She is now in a precarious condition.
Ms. Wang was seized in a group arrest at 3 a.m. on July 6, 2019. Her husband, Mr. Ma Kuo, was also arrested. More than three hundred police officers were mobilized for the operation.
Among the 19 practitioners arrested, 12 were later sentenced to prison. Ms. Wang was given the longest term of eight years and fined 10,000 yuan. Her husband, Mr. Ma, 70, was sentenced to five years and fined 5,000 yuan. The other ten practitioners were sentenced to 2-7 years.
Zheng Xiaoying (郑晓英), president of Hebei Province Women’s Prison: +86-311-83939635Yang Yufen (杨玉芬), vice president of Hebei Province Women’s Prison: +86-311-83939625Fu Yuhui (付玉惠), director of prison administration office: +86-13731123369
(More perpetrators’ contact information is available in the original Chinese article.)
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