(Minghui.org) A 64-year-old woman in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, was recently sentenced to four and a half years, having barely survived brutal torture during a prior 11-year prison term, also for her faith in Falun Gong.
Ms. Song Yaping had just returned from grocery shopping around 8 a.m. on June 15, 2026, when four officers stopped her at the entrance of her apartment complex. They stuffed her into their cruiser and drove her to the local Tianan Police Station.
During the interrogation, the police questioned Ms. Song about having applied self-adhesive stickers bearing messages about Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) in public places. She refused to answer and just kept reciting “Falun Dafa is good.”
The police raided her home shortly after, confiscating her Falun Gong books, laptop, desktop computer, cell phone, gift cards, and house key. Some of the items were later returned.
The police also took Ms. Song to a light pole and took a picture of her standing next to it, likely to use it as “evidence” that she applied the said stickers on the pole.
Ms. Song had acute chest pain and difficulty breathing during the physical exam required for admission to the Jinzhou City Detention Center. The police coerced her family into paying a 5,000-yuan bond before releasing her on bail. They also ordered her to write a guarantee statement that she would no longer practice Falun Gong. When she refused, they threatened to implicate her family and pursue other ways to persecute her.
Ms. Song was arrested again in September 2026 and was held at the Jinzhou City Women’s Detention Center. Minghui.org recently confirmed that she was sentenced to four and a half years by the Linghai City Court and had been admitted to the Liaoning Province Women’s Prison. Details about her prosecution are unclear.
An insider revealed that Ms. Song had a feeding tube in her nose when she was transferred to the prison. Her family is very worried about her, as she still struggles with poor health as a result of the brutal torture she suffered during a prior 11-year prison term.
Ms. Song was previously arrested on April 17, 2009. She was detained despite her diagnosis of uterine cancer. She was sentenced to 11 years in August that year and admitted to the Liaoning Province Women’s Prison. The guards instigated the inmates to beat her, as long as they didn’t beat her to death.
The torture methods she suffered included hanging her up, beatings, tying her up, taping her mouth shut, slapping her in the face, grabbing her hair and slamming her head against the wall, stabbing her with needles, stuffing her mouth with soiled underwear or toilet paper, holding her in solitary confinement, and depriving her of sleep. The guards also instructed inmates to force-feed her with feces.
Ms. Song had a stroke around January 2011. One side of her body and face were paralyzed. Her uterine cancer had metastasized and progressed to the late stage, yet the prison refused to release her because she refused to renounce her faith.
Ms. Song eventually became incontinent and suffered from amnesia. She also suffered a mental breakdown. When the prison finally released her on parole in late October 2012, she was on oxygen and carried out of the prison hospital on a gurney.
Standing at 5’3’’, Ms. Song weighed only about 80 pounds. She no longer recognized her family or friends. She also had no memory at all of how she’d been abused in prison. According to her sister, the prison hospital injected her with an unknown drug and ordered the family to sign a waiver form.
Ms. Song’s husband noted that she just lay in bed and remained silent no matter who came to visit her. She later improved a little but still had scattered thinking, slow reaction, and extremely poor memory. She managed to gain some weight but struggled to control her limbs.
Ms. Song’s husband suddenly passed away in 2025, leaving her struggling to fend for herself. She developed a diminished sense of taste and experienced frequent nausea and vomiting.
Despite her frail health, the police harassed her at home frequently, attempting to put her back in jail. They arrested her on September 13, 2025, after receiving a tip that she talked to people about Falun Gong. Her home was raided, and she was detained for five days.
She was arrested two more times in 2026 before being secretly sentenced to another 4.5 years in prison.