(Minghui.org) A 65-year-old woman serving a 3.5-year prison sentence for her faith in Falun Gong has still yet to receive a response to her medical parole request.
Ms. Jin Yuling, born in October 1961, was initially arrested on June 22, 2021. The former school accountant in Xinyang City, Henan Province appeared in the Huangchuan County Court on December 14, 2021, and was sentenced to three and a half years on January 11, 2022.
While held at the Xinyang City First Detention Center, Ms. Jin suffered declining health due to the mental distress and physical abuse. She struggled with generalized pain. In February 2022, she discovered a lump in her breast. She requested to go to the hospital for a physical exam, but was denied. The guards only gave her some IV drips. They eventually took her to Xinyang City Cancer Hospital one week later, and the doctors there suggested she be hospitalized.
When Ms. Jin appeared in the Xinyang City Intermediate Court on April 26, 2022, for her appeals case, her family was devastated to see her pale face and sunken eyes. The appeals judge released her on six-month residential surveillance on April 29 and ruled on June 15, 2022, to uphold her original verdict.
On June 10, 2026, while shopping at a mall, Ms. Jin was arrested by Wang Jiyang and other officers from the Shihe Police Station. Even though she failed the physical exam required for detention again, the police still took her to the Xinyang City Detention Center. They delivered the trial court’s notice to her family the next day.
The court notice stated that Ms. Jin’s six-month residential surveillance was deducted from her prison term and that she must serve the remaining three years. Her term is expected to end in June 2029.
Ms. Jin filed a request for medical parole while still held at the Xinyang City Detention Center. Even before she received a response, she was transferred to the Henan Province Women’s Prison (located in Xinxiang City) on July 2, 2026. During the required physical exam, the prison doctor found that the lump in her breast had enlarged. When her family visited her there, they were told that the lump was benign and that the prison hospital could remove it for free. Her loved ones were concerned about the prison hospital’s capability to handle such a complex medical case. They were also worried that she had no family around to care for her around the clock if she underwent the surgery in the prison.
Given this, Ms. Jin’s family refused to sign the consent form required for her in-prison surgery. She instead submitted a medical parole request in September 2026. She still has not heard back from the prison authorities yet.
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