(Minghui.org) Editor’s note: This is part of a series of death cases newly translated by the English site of Minghui.org. These cases have long been published on the Chinese site of Minghui.org but have not been translated until now.
Name: Shen LianghuaChinese Name: 申亮华Gender: MaleAge:City: LiaochengProvince: Shandong Occupation:Date of Death: November 16, 2022Date of Most Recent Arrest: February 25, 2008Most Recent Place of Detention: Wangcun Labor Camp
Mr. Shen Lianghua, a Liaocheng City, Shandong Province resident, passed away on November 16, 2022, after enduring two labor camp terms and non-stop harassment for his faith. Even 28 days after his passing, the village secretary still came to harass his family.
Mr. Shen was first arrested in July 2001 while working in the farm. His wife, Ms. Zhao Yueyun, was also arrested hours later and the couple were both held in a local brainwashing center. Their two children were left without care during their detention. Mr. Shen was released after 20 days. It’s not clear how long Ms. Zhao was detained.
Mr. Shen went to Beijing to appeal for the right to practice Falun Gong in late 2001. He was beaten by the police at Tiananmen Square. He was held at the Guan County Detention Center for ten days after being taken back to Shandong.
Mr. Shen was taken to Wangcun Forced Labor Camp in February 2002. The guards deprived him of sleep, and assigned inmates to watch him 24 hours a day. Whenever Mr. Shen closed his eyes, the inmates used feathers to poke his eyelids or nostrils. This lasted more than a month, but Mr. Shen did not give in. The guards then put him in solitary confinement, removed his shoes, poured water on the floor, and shocked him with electric batons for a week.
After failing to make him give in, the guards stretched his arms apart and handcuffed his arms to the top level of a bunk bed, a torture method known as “Shackled to a Cross.” All of his weight fell onto his wrists.
The police continued to harass Mr. Shen after he was released in September 2004. On the night of February 25, 2008, seven officers broke into his home. They held him down on the floor and beat him. One officer hit him hard with a flashlight and two of his front teeth fell out. They took him to a detention center and then to Wangcun Forced Labor Camp without notifying his family.
After Mr. Shen was sent to the labor camp, his wife had to take care of the family and their two young children by herself. But agents from the 610 Office continued to harass them. As a result, Ms. Zhao was forced to stay away from home.
When Mr. Shen’s forced labor term expired on May 28, 2009, the police extended his term by one month. When his daughter came to request his release, labor camp officials did not allow her to visit him. She then asked the officials to pass on some clothes to him, but they refused to do that.
Ms. Zhao returned home on June 15, 2011. Hours later, three plainclothes officers arrived in a car without a license plate and broke into her home. They confiscated two computers, one printer, and other personal belongings. Mr. Shen was harvesting wheat in the field and Ms. Zhao was at home alone. The agents arrested her and took her to the Liaocheng Detention Center.
The police attempted to arrest Mr. Shen two more times, on August 21, 2012, and August 3, 2015, but he wasn’t home when they came.
The police came again on August 5, 2015, and arrested Ms. Zhao. After she managed to escape from the police station, she and Mr. Shen were forced to live away from home for months, leaving their children at home by themselves.
Shortly after Ms. Zhao returned home, the police scaled the fence of their neighbor on April 22, 2016, and broke in again, forcing Ms. Zhao to go into hiding another time. She was later arrested and sentenced to Shandong Province Women’s Prison.
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