Name: Liu Yanhua (刘艳华)
Gender: Female
Age: Over 40
Address: Cuiluan District, Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 23, 2008
Most recent place of detention: Harbin Women's Rehabilitation Labor Camp (哈尔滨女子戒毒劳教所)
City: Harbin
Province: Heilongjiang
Persecution Suffered: Detention, extortion, brainwashing, long-term standing or squatting, beatings, the “big hang-up” torture, iron chair, sleep deprivation, extended imprisonment
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Yanhua has been abducted, imprisoned, subjected to brainwashing and “re-education” through forced labor, and suffered other forms of torture since the persecution of Falun Gong began in July 1999 under the Jiang regime.
Before practicing Falun Gong, Ms. Liu suffered from cardiovascular disease, rhinitis and skin disease. After learning Falun Gong in March, 1999, all of these health problems were miraculously healed. In late 2001, she was detained in the Cuiluan Detention Center for 15 days by Cuiluan District Deputy Bureau Chief Cao Chunlin, Chief of the Politics and Law Section Yan Bo, and Xu Zhanxue. The authorities also extorted 2,000 yuan from her.
Around October 1, 2003, Liu Yanhua was illegally arrested by Zhang Xiangguo, Lin Xiaoming, and a company from the Political and Judicial Bureau and 610 Office. She was taken to the Yichun City Brainwashing Class (formerly the Beishan Party School) for a month of brainwashing classes.
In July 23, 2008, Ms. Liu was distributing flyers near Eryunnan in Cuiluan District when she was reported by deputy Bureau Chief Sun Jiaquan and abducted by several policemen from the Cuidong Police Station, including the bureau chief. She was forced to stand and then squat. A man surnamed He continually struck her abdomen with water bottles. Two days later, she was taken to the Xilin Detention Center, then transferred to the Harbin Women's Rehabilitation Labor Camp on October 12. She was sentenced to two years of “re-education” through forced labor. The moment she arrived at the labor camp, she was forced to undergo a month-long session of brainwashing.
On February 23, 2009, Ms. Liu was subject to the “Big Hang-Up” torture for four days. She was hung on a bed with her arms pulled straight out while handcuffed. This was the first time. The second time, she was hung up for five days. On October 21, 2009, she was subjected to the “Iron Chair” torture for an entire month with her hands cuffed behind her back.
Torture Reenactment: The Big Hang-Up
On July 1, 2010, the police forcibly brought all Falun Gong practitioners from the No. 3 Division, No. 1 Team and No. 2 Team to the fifth and sixth floors of the building so as to subject them to the Big Hang-Up, the Iron Chair and other forms of torture. Ms. Liu was hung up for five days. When the inspection team arrived on the fifth day, Ms. Liu was taken down. When the inspection team left two days later, she was forced to sit on the Iron Chair for a week, followed by being forced to sit on a plastic stool for 24 hours without sleep. When the inspection team came again on August 2, she screamed for help. She was kicked by political director Zhang Li three times, and was beaten by inmates assigned to monitor and torture Falun Gong practitioners under Zhang's instigation. Ms. Liu was then forced to sit on the Iron Chair for another week. When Ms. Liu tried to voice her grievances, Zhang responded viciously. Zhang threatened to lengthen the sentences of other inmates if they did not beat Ms. Liu and so they brutally beat her. She was also kept in prison for six months and four days beyond her imposed sentence.
Torture Reenactment: The Iron Chair
Ms. Liu's husband is a high school teacher. Under the CCP's lies and manipulation, he could not bear the terror and pressure and capitulated. He traveled to the labor camp and divorced his wife.
After two and a half years of persecution in a labor camp, Ms. Liu was finally released in early 2011. On August 12, 2011, Huang Yongxin, Office Director Liu Hongsheng and two other unnamed individuals tried to arrest Ms. Liu once again and planned to put her in a brainwashing class, but failed in their attempt.
