Beijing Woman Faces Trial Again After Ten Years of Detention, Husband Dies from Mental Distress
(Minghui.org) Having served five labor camp terms totaling ten years, a Beijing resident is facing trial again for her faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline also known as Falun Dafa that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.
Ms. Lang Dongyue was arrested in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province on December 14, 2021, two years after she was forced to live away from home to avoid the persecution. The police put her on criminal detention at the Zhangjiakou City Detention Center and submitted her case to the Xuanhua District Procuratorate in Zhangjiakou. She is set to appear in the Xuanhua District Court on February 22, 2023.
Ms. Lang’s husband, Mr. Wang Lianyi, hired a lawyer for her despite their financial strain. Due to the mental distress from the persecution, he collapsed on the street on April 24, 2022 at the sight of the two police cars parked in front of the law firm he was visiting. After a long break, he gathered his strength and walked into the law firm with his friend. He suddenly dropped dead in his front yard the next day.
Ms. Lang took up Falun Gong in June 1998 and she credits the practice for curing her asthma and ringworm. Because she refuses to renounce Falun Gong, she has been given five labor camp terms, including four terms in the Beijing Women’s Forced Labor Camp and one term in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp in Liaoning Province.
Ms. Lang’s teeth were knocked out due to force feeding.
While in custody, Ms. Lang was constantly beaten, shocked with electric batons and hung up by the wrists. Among the many times of force feedings she suffered, the inmates once stripped her clothes, pressed her against the wet concrete ground, covered her eyes, pried open her mouth and force fed her. Sometimes she was force fed cold water and unknown drugs. Several of her teeth were knocked off as a result.
In addition to the force feeding, the inmates also starved her and forbade her from drinking water, in order to torture her. Sometimes she was deprived of restroom use and not allowed to sleep. As soon as she fell asleep, the inmates poured cold water on her.
The inmates once hit her on the chest and almost caused her to suffocate. Sometimes they stomped on her while wearing high heels. In another torture, they forced her to walk around while wearing shoes much smaller than her feet.
The inmates also sexually assaulted Ms. Lang by prodding her private part with the handle of fly swatter or tooth brush. She was unable to walk afterwards.
Because Ms. Lang shouted “Falun Dafa is good” in protest of the persecution, the guards forced the inmates to take off her pants, tear off the sanitary pad she was wearing and stuff it into her mouth. When she continued to resist the persecution, the guards found another used sanitary pad in the restroom and stuffed it into her mouth. When blood seeped from her mouth, the guards pulled her head backward to prevent the blood from coming out.
Perpetrators’ contact information:
Li Guangyao (李光耀), 610 Office director of Huailai County: +86-13932388063Sun Tianyou (孙天有), deputy secretary of Huailai County Political and Legal Affairs Committee: +86-13331321060Zhao Shaochen (赵少晨), prosecutor of Huailai County ProcuratorateZhang Yuewu (张跃武), judge of Xuanhua District Court: +86-17703138633
(More perpetrators’ contact information is available in the original Chinese article.)