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Name: Wang HongbingChinese Name: 王红兵Gender: FemaleAge: 73City: FushunProvince: LiaoningOccupation: N/ADate of Death: early 2020Date of Most Recent Arrest: April 18, 2009Most Recent Place of Detention: Liaoning Province Women’s Prison
A 73-year-old resident of Fushun City, Liaoning Province died in early 2000, barely three years after she completed a 7.5-year term for her faith in Falun Gong, a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999.
Ms. Wang Hongbing was arrested during a police sweep on April 18, 2009 and later sentenced to 7.5 years. She was admitted to Liaoning Province Women’s Prison on November 28, 2009. Upon her arrival at the prison, the team lead in charge of her instructed two inmates to monitor her around the clock and try to "transform" her. The team lead threatened to withhold food and drinks if she refused to renounce Falun Gong. The inmates often hit her on the head and forced her to stand all day long.
It was the dead of winter, yet the guards stripped Ms. Wang to her undergarments. When the guard and inmates beat her, they ordered her to not stare at them, saying, “Who did you see beat you?” She condemned them for shirking responsibility, and they gave her even more beatings. She couldn’t even pull herself up from the ground, yet they still ordered her to remain standing.
The beatings lasted six straight days. The inmates then ordered Ms. Wang to write statements to renounce Falun Gong. She refused. They wrote one and grabbed her hands to fingerprint the document. They then submitted it to the guards as proof that they had done their job “transforming” Ms. Wang.
That was not the end of the persecution of Ms. Wang though. She and other jailed practitioners were subjected to constant re-examination to see if they were still firm in renouncing their faith. Whenever the results were deemed “unsatisfactory,” the guards barred them from eating or drinking and ordered the inmates to beat them on the head. They were also forced to stand from morning to night. In order to further instigate hatred towards the practitioners, the guards also had the inmates each do two-hour night shifts, during which they must remain standing. The inmates in turn lashed out at the practitioners and abused them even more.
By the time Ms. Wang was released in October 2016, she was dazed and walked with a limp. She also learned that her pension had been suspended starting in June 2016. Her requests to have her pension reinstated were repeatedly rejected. Furthermore, the local social security bureau ordered her to return all the pension benefits issued during her prison term. She and her husband had long divorced before her prison admission and she had no other income source.
Her younger sister, Ms. Wang Hongxia, 67, decided to care for her. Ms. Wang Hongxia was also arrested on April 18, 2009 for practicing Falun Gong and given seven years in prison. She was released in April 2016. She rented an apartment and invited her sister to live with her. She did odd jobs to support the two of them. She noted that her sister often sat in one spot for long hours with a blank look on her face.
Ms. Wang Hongbing suffered a stroke in fall of 2018 and went into a vegetative state. She died in early 2020.
While still mourning her sister’s passing, Ms. Wang Hongxia was arrested again on June 13, 2024 and later sentenced to four years. She is currently serving time at the Liaoning Province Women’s Prison.
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