(Minghui.org) Ms. Li Dongxu, a former financial executive with the Dongbei Oil Management Bureau in Shenyang City, was arrested on August 30, 2013, by officers from the Shenyang Domestic Security Division, and her home was ransacked. She was released on the evening of September 30.
Ms. Li, 47, graduated from Dongbei University of Finance and Economics. Her family has a genetic history of hepatitis and tuberculosis, which she had suffered from since she was a little girl. She also had a congenital defect in the development of her organs that no medicine could cure.
Ms. Li's elder bother died at an early age due to the genetic diseases. Her future looked bleak, but she started practicing Falun Gong and became a firm believer. Her health and character dramatically improved, and she benefited in mind and body.
Ms. Li went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong after the persecution started in 1999. She wanted to clarify the truth to the government. She was illegally arrested and held in the Longshan Forced Labor Camp. To avoid further persecution, Ms. Li and her mother became homeless for five years after she was released.
She was arrested again and sentenced to a term at the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. She was humiliated and tortured by being hung up by handcuffs, insulted, and slapped in the face.
Ms. Li hasn't had a day of peace for over a decade because she refuses to give up her belief in Falun Gong. Her 81-year-old mother worries about her constantly. Ms. Li was arrested again by the Shenyang City Domestic Security Division on the afternoon of August 30, 2013. Her computer and other personal items were confiscated. She was taken to the Shenyang Detention Center the following day.
To get her daughter released, her mother went to the local police departments and the local people's congress committee. She was stopped outside the buildings. She even went to the police department before they started work and held a banner outside asking to talk to them, but she was ignored.
Another practitioner, Ms. Hu Xiuyan, was also arrested on August 30. Her parents, both over 80 years of age, along with a mentally disabled brother, have been relying on her to look after them.
The Shenyang Detention Center is notorious for persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Ms. Wen Yingxin was tortured to death in August 2006 at the age of 34, after nine days of incarceration. Mr. Liu Zhijia was cuffed to the death bed for more than 40 days in October 2009, and was injected with unknown drugs.
Ms. Li's family and friends were very worried about her. According to Ms. Li's lawyer, Ms. Li's health deteriorated while she was incarcerated. She was finally released on September 30, 2013.
Those responsible for persecuting Ms. Li:
Zhen Gang (郑罡), director of Shenyang City Detention Center: +86-24-89241895
Guo Bao'an (郭宝安), deputy director of Shenyang City Detention Center: +86-24- 89241894
Shenyang City 610 Office: +86-24-25842329
Wang Xiaogang (王晓刚), deputy head of Shenyang City Police Department: +86-24-23105090
Ma Lixin (马立新), director of Shenyang City Domestic Security Division: +86-24- 25850233
Liu Xin (刘鑫), deputy head of Shenyang City Domestic Security Division: +86-24- 2842260
Ma Zhanliang (马占良), officer from Shenyang City Domestic Security Division: +86-24- 24844574