Name: Zheng Yuling (郑玉玲)
Gender: Female
Age: 57
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Employee of Chibi City Trade Bureau
Date of Death: September 28, 2009
Date of Most Recent Arrest: August 6, 2009
Most Recent Place of Detention: Hubei Province Women's Forced Labor Camp (湖北省女子劳教所 (武汉市洪山区马湖特一号))
City: Chibi
Province: Hubei
Persecution Suffered: Forced Labor, Brainwashing, Beatings, Torture, Detention

(Clearwisdom.net) (By a correspondent from Hubei Province) Ms. Zheng Yuling was arrested on the night of August 6, 2009 while she was posting a banner at the Chibi City Police Department housing. She was sentenced to one year of forced labor and taken to the Hubei Province Women's Forced Labor Camp on August 25, 2009, which is located in the 1-Mahu Community of the Hongshan District, Wuhan City. She died just one month later on September 28, 2009. The authorities deprived her family's right to hold a funeral for her, and forced them to cancel the funeral arrangements.

Ms. Zheng Yuling

Ms. Zheng's husband rushed to the labor camp on September 29, 2009. Her body had been placed in a glass coffin for viewing, and she was dressed and her face made up, but he could still tell that her nose was deformed and there were many needle holes on her hand. The camp administrator told him that Ms. Zheng began a hunger strike on September 9, 2009 and died at noon on September 28, 2009. He condemned the guards, saying, "She was on a hunger strike for 19 days before she died. Why didn't you tell me earlier?" The guards had no answer.

Ms. Zheng's body was cremated on September 30, 2009 at a crematory in Wuhan City. Her ashes were taken to the Chibi City crematory by the Hubei City 610 Office on October 11, 2009. Ms. Zheng's family was not allowed to hold a funeral for her, or allowed to bury her ashes in her hometown in the countryside. Her family was forced to cancel the funeral arrangements, and her ashes were buried in the Chibi City crematory against their wishes.

Sheng Wenjun, Chibi City Police Department Director: 86-13986626719 (Cell), 86-715-5335838 (Home), 86-715-5351172 (Office)

Written on October 14, 2009