(Minghui.org) A 60-year-old women in the Fengtai District of Beijing was arrested twice between mid-2022 and early 2024 for refusing to give up her faith in Falun Gong, a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999.
Ms. Zhang Baoling was first arrested on June 19, 2022, after being reported for distributing Falun Gong informational materials. Officers Wang Junwei and Wang Linda held her in the Dahongmen Police Station for 36 hours before she was released on bail.
The Fengtai District Procuratorate called Ms. Zhang on June 5, 2023, and ordered her to report to them in two days. She did not go because she was visiting her ill brother in their hometown.
Officer Gao Yong (+86-19810262226) from the Dahongmen Police Station arrested Ms. Zhang on February 23, 2024, on grounds that she had violated a condition of her bail by visiting her brother. She did not eat when offered dinner that night. When Gao took her to a hospital for a physical exam, her blood pressure was 214/115 mmHg (when a normal range is 120/80 mmHg or lower). Gao then ordered her to give a blood sample and take medication for hypertension. She refused.
Despite Ms. Zhang’s persistent high blood pressure, Gao took her to the Fengtai District Detention Center after the hospital visit. During the required physical exam, her blood pressure was even higher, and the detention center declined to admit her. Gao ran to different offices in the detention center, trying to persuade them to accept Ms. Zhang. The detention center was adamant about not admitting her, and Gao had to let her go. She was released on bail at 2:30 a.m. on February 24.
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