Name: Liu Yaqi (刘雅琪)
Gender: Female
Age: 44
Address: Zhangshe Town, Pingdu City, Shandong Province
Occupation: Clothing store owner
Date of Most Recent Arrest: April 14, 2012
Most Recent Place of Detention: Shandong Women's Prison (山东女子监狱)
City: Pingdu
Province: Shandong
Persecution Suffered: Illegal sentencing, imprisonment, home ransacked, detention.

(Minghui.org) Ms. Liu Yaqi was arrested on the morning of April 14, 2012, by agents from the Pingdu 610 Office and the Pingdu Domestic Security Team, while speaking with people about Falun Gong in a market. She was taken to the Pingdu Detention Center. Fourteen days later, she was transferred to the Dashan Detention Center in Qingdao City. She was sentenced to three and a half years in prison by a Pingdu City Court on July 19, 2012. Ms. Liu is incarcerated in Shandong Women's Prison.

Ms. Liu Yaqi

Gaining a New Life After Practicing Falun Dafa

Ms. Liu Yaqi, 44, is from Caojia Village, Dianzi Town, Pingdu City. She moved to Northeastern China. She was in a poor mental state after divorcing her husband, and also suffered from many illnesses, including stomach problems, cervical spondylosis, sciatica, prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc, gynecopathy, and insomnia.

Ms. Liu later moved to Zhangshe Town in Pingdu with her sister's help. Her sister is a Falun Gong practitioner. Shortly after Ms. Liu started practicing Falun Gong in May 2005, her illnesses disappeared. Her body was free of illness. She was happy and became more outgoing.

Ms. Liu opened a clothing store in Zhangshe. She became eager to share with others the extraordinary benefits of practicing Falun Gong.

Detained in a Brainwashing Center for Two Months

However, Ms. Liu was reported to authorities. Six police officers broke into Ms. Liu's home on July 16, 2006, and arrested her. Ms. Liu was taken to a brainwashing center run by the Pingdu 610 Office.

Ms. Liu's sister and brother-in-law Mr. Wang Mingliang went to the brainwashing center to visit her on August 3, 2006. Because they are both Falun Gong practitioners, the 610 Office staff arrested Mr. Wang on the spot. About eight staff members beat Ms. Liu's sister. They deceived her by saying that they were sending her home. They searched her home with the cooperation of officers from the Dianzi Town Police Station. Not only did they steal a portrait of Teacher Li Hongzhi, lecture videos, CDs, cards, and other materials, but they also vandalized the characters Zhen, Shan, Ren ("Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance") painted on a wall in the courtyard.

The characters Zhen, Shan, Ren after the 610 Office staff vandalized them.

The people searching the house were ashamed to let others know who they were and what they were doing. The car they were driving had no license plates. When asked who allowed them to do what they were doing, they said, "The law allows us to do this."

Ms. Liu Yaqi was released after two months of detention in the brainwashing center.

Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Liu Yaqi remarried in 2008. Her husband used to have a hot temper and was destructively aggressive. His temper improved a lot with Ms. Liu's help.

Ms. Liu was speaking with people about Falun Gong and handing out Shen Yun DVDs in Dianzi Market on the morning of April 14, 2012, when she was arrested by Pingdu 610 Office personnel Dai Yugang, Pingdu Domestic Security Team officer Liu Jie, and others. She was later taken to the Dianzi Town Police Station. At noon, Li Guangwen, the head of Caojia Village, led Liu Jie and four officers from the Dianzi Town Police Station to Ms. Liu's home and ransacked it. Li Guangwen twice led officers to Ms. Liu's home. About six more officers later came and confiscated a laptop computer, two printers, a DVD writer, three boxes of DVDs, an EVD player, Dafa books, and other personal belongings.

Dianzi Town Police Station officer Xu Yueyong compiled the data and took Ms. Liu to the Pingdu Detention Center in the afternoon. Fourteen days later, she was transferred to the Dashan Detention Center in Qingdao City.

Pingdu Police Department

Ms. Liu was taken to a small room in the detention center on July 19, 2012. The judge from the Pingdu City Court pronounced her sentence without any court proceedings. Ms. Liu was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. Ms. Liu tore up the verdict on the spot to protest the illegal sentence. She is now incarcerated in Shandong Women's Prison.

Parties involved in the persecution:
Pingdu 610 Office: +86-532-88360309
Dai Yugang, personnel at the Pingdu 610 Office: +86-532-87309201
Liu Jie, officer of the Pingdu Domestic Security Team: +86-15866870870 (Cell)

Related report: http://en.minghui.org/emh/articles/2006/8/26/77328.html.