(Minghui.org) Having been subjected to repeated arrests and detention for more than a decade for upholding her faith in Falun Gong, a 74-year-old woman in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, was arrested again in mid-September 2026.
Ms. Long Shufen is currently held at the Shenyang City First Detention Center. Details about her most recent arrest are unclear.
Ms. Long once suffered from a severe stomach ailment. Despite going to many hospitals for treatment, her condition did not improve. However, after she began practicing Falun Gong in 1996, her chronic illness was healed without the need for any medication. Ms. Long also became kinder and more selfless, and was widely recognized in her residential community as a good person. When her father-in-law suffered a stroke, she cared for him attentively without complaint. Her mother-in-law was delighted by how much her daughter-in-law helped them during that time and often praised her to others.
Since the Chinese Communist Party began the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999, Ms. Long remained firm in her faith and has served two labor camp terms and two prison sentences totaling over 13 years.
Three Years of Forced Labor
On November 10, 2000, Ms. Long was sent to Longshan Forced Labor Camp and subjected to brainwashing and other forms of torture. One day, she and another practitioner, Ms. Zhang Qinghua, were sent to the guards’ office. The guards asked, “Is Falun Gong good or not? Will you still practice?”
Ms. Long and Ms. Zhang answered, “It’s good. We will still practice.” Without saying a word, the guards started beating them, leaving them covered in bruises.
Ms. Long was given three years of forced labor at the notorious Masanjia Forced Labor Camp on December 10, 2000. She refused to renounce her faith, so the guards handcuffed her to the heating pipes with her feet suspended off the ground. Because she called out, “Falun Dafa is good,” she had her term extended by two months.
Another Year and Nine Months in a Forced Labor Camp
In mid-November 2004, Ms. Long was arrested while distributing materials about the persecution. She was again given a term of one year and nine months at the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. Because she refused to do the forced labor on April 21, 2006, Liu Yong, the head of the security division, lifted her and slammed her into a metal bed. She was then dragged into another room and beaten by a dozen male officers.
On May 16, 2006, a guard named Li Mingdong tried unsuccessfully to stuff a rag used for cleaning the floor into Ms. Long’s mouth. Ma Jishan, the head of the discipline section, grabbed a mouth-opening apparatus and forced it into Ms. Long’s mouth, causing her mouth to bleed profusely. When the device was taken out, her mouth was swollen, with deep cuts inside, and she drooled uncontrollably.
One time Ma wouldn’t let Ms. Long take off her clothes to sleep. Ms. Long protested by not going to sleep. Ma dragged her out and hung her up by handcuffs for 13 days. Her index finger was injured and became infected.
When Ms. Long’s labor camp term ended on August 28, 2006, the guards gave her ten more days because she refused to write a statement to renounce Falun Gong. She was transferred to the Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp the same day by the local police and 610 Office agents.
Sentenced to Three and a Half Years
On May 16, 2009, Ms. Long was talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong as she waited for a bus to go to work, when she was reported by someone. She was arrested by officers from the Sandongqiao Police Station and taken to the Shenyang City Detention Center in the afternoon.
Ms. Long was arrested again by officers from the Tawan Police Station on August 21, 2013, for talking to people about Falun Gong. She was later sentenced at a secret trial to three and a half years. Because she persisted in her faith and refused to cooperate with the perpetrators, Ms. Long was persecuted to the point that she became very weak. Her family’s request for medical parole was denied. She was then sent to the strict management team and denied family visits.
Second Prison Sentence of Five Years
Ms. Long was arrested one more time on August 2, 2019, and taken to the Shenyang City Detention Center. She was sentenced to five years. Her husband, who was suffering from stomach and pancreatic cancer, was left at home alone without his wife’s care.
Ms. Long was forced to stand for hours at a time and was deprived of sleep at the Liaoning Province Second Women’s Prison. On one occasion, inmate Yao Guidan and others beat her for over four hours, causing her to lose consciousness and become bedridden the following day.
In April 2022, the guards attempted to force Ms. Long to slander Falun Gong while they video recorded her. When she resisted, a group of criminal inmates beat her. In a move of severe disrespect, Yao also wrote the name of Falun Gong’s founder on Ms. Long’s clothing and shoes.
Ms. Long was released in July 2024, and then arrested again two years later in mid-September 2026.
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