Zhang Yuzhen - 张玉珍
Chinese name:
张玉珍
Gender:
Female
Age:
46
City:
Hegang City
Province:
Heilongjiang
Occupation:
Date of Death:
2000-06-20
Date of Most Recent Arrest:
2000-02
Most recent place of detention:
Hegang City First Detention Center
Case Description:
At the beginning of February, the local police detained her in Lulinshan Detention Center of Hegang City, in order to prevent her from going to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. In April, she was transferred to the First Detention Center of Hegang City. Zheng once got on a hunger strike for five days, and she was beaten many times while in custody. She was released at the beginning of May. Because she suffered bad health due to long-term mistreatment in detention centers, she had to stay in bed after she was released. She died on June 20, 2000.
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