Name: Bian Lianying (边连英)
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Address: Datong, Shanxi
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Most Recent Detention: August 16, 2009
Most Recent Place of Detention: Youyihouqi Detention Center (察哈尔右翼后旗看守所)
City: Chahar City
Province: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Persecution suffered: Illegal Detention
(Clearwisdom.net) (Minghui correspondent in Shanxi Province) Ms. Bian Lianying from Datong City, Shanxi Province went on a tourist trip with her husband and daughter and stayed at the Shunyi District Hotel of Beijing. At approximately 3:30 on the morning of August 16, 2009, several policemen from the Shunyi District Police Department's national security division went to the hotel and entered their room with the excuse of a random search. Later they arrested Ms. Bian without giving any reason or telling anything to her family. Therefore her family did not know the identity of the policemen and were only told to wait for further notification.
On the afternoon of August 19, her family was notified that Ms. Bian was transferred to the Youyihouqi Detention Center, Chahar City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
On the morning of August 26, 2009, her daughter and several relatives went to the detention center and requested a family visit but were refused. They kept waiting outside the main entrance hoping there might still be a chance to get in. After noon, three policemen and a dozen armed forces officers came out, holding batons and shields, they surrounded them and drove them several meters farther away from the detention center premises.
The Youyihouqi Armed Force Police of Chahar City is located right beside the detention center. The captain who was in charge was very rude and harsh to the relatives. Someone questioned the authorities, "You are the people's armed force. How come you treat us unarmed civilians with all this armor and force, especially when there is a four year old child here?"
A director of the detention center whose last name is Han insisted that Ms. Lian was not on a hunger strike. He also claimed,"Whether she is wrongfully detained here is not our business. You can go ask the offices who conducted the investigation of her case. And no visitation is allowed during detention."
According to various sources, it is the Youyizhongqi Police Department in Chahar City that carried out the arrest and persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, including Ms. Bian Lianying. Currently the government office in charge of her case is Youyizhongqi Police Department's national security team.
Telephone numbers of related offices:
Youyihouqi Detention Center, Chahar City: 86-474-6202019
Youyihouqi Armed Force Police, Chahar City: 86-474-6201760
August 28, 2009
