Ms. Qian Jilan's family already paid 3,000 yuan for her releasing during the 2008 Olympics games, but the police arrested her again for no reason on March 2009. After failing twice in extorting more money from her, the police sentenced her one year of forced labor.
Police Extort Huge Sums of Money; Woman Sent to Forced Labor for Not Paying
Ms. Qian Jilan, 43, of Chaoyang County, Liaoning Province was illegally arrested by local CCP authorities and jailed for half a month. Subsequently, she was sentenced one year of forced labor after the county police department and Liucheng Police Station tried twice to extort money from her but failed. She has recently been taken to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp.
With the busy farming season approaching, Ms. Qian's husband is truly worried. Ms. Qian was arrested and detained for half a month by the police from Chaoyang Police Department and Liucheng Police Station during the time that the 2008 Olympics were held. Afterwards, the county Domestic Security squadron threatened her family members, demanding 5,000 yuan, and released her only after the family members paid them 3,000.
At around 3:00 p.m. on March 2, 2009, several policemen from Chaoyang County Police Department and Liucheng Police Station, led by the supervisor of Nanlingao Village, broke into the homes of four Falun Gong practitioners. Since none of them were at home, they failed to arrest anyone. They then rushed to Ms. Qian's home and with no apparent reason, arrested Ms. Qian, who was manning the shop at her home at the time. They detained her in Chaoyang Jail for fifteen days.
During her detention, at around 5:00 p.m. on March 9, four officers including Yu Zhengyun and Ding Hua from Liucheng Police Station went to Ms. Qian's home and tried to extort 1,000 yuan from her husband. He rejected them, but Ding Hua recorded some of the conversations and forced him to sign, acknowledging that they had been there.
With family members' extended efforts, Ms. Qian was released on March 17. Yu Zhengyun and three other officers from Liucheng Police Station went to her home again the next day to extort 1,000 yuan, but were rejected by her.
The Liucheng Police Station and County Police Department dispatched Yu Zhengyun and three other officers to go to Ms. Qian's home on the morning of March 25. With her whole family still in bed, the police climbed over the wall and forced them to open the door. The police lied to them, claiming that they wanted Ms. Qian at the police station to verify some details, while in the meantime dragging her into the car. Her husband tried his best to stop it, but he could only watch her get arrested again.
The police took Ms. Qian to Liucheng Police Station first. Then the County Domestic Security Squadron dispatched a car to take her directly to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp to serve for a year, with no grounds given. The police have also not shown the family members any legal documents.