(Minghui.org) Two women in Jiangxi Province were subjected to brutal torture while serving time a the Jiangxi Province Women’s Prison because they practice Falun Gong, Minghui.org learned recently.
Ms. Cheng Laihua, in her 60s from Yingtan City, was arrested on July 8, 2023 and is serving a four-year term in Division 5 of the prison. Ms. Zhu Lanhui, a 53-year-old resident of Yushan County, was arrested on July 13, 2023 and is serving a 3.5-year term in Division 3.
Both women were previously persecuted for their faith. Ms. Zhu was given a 1.5-year forced labor term in April 2012, and Ms. Cheng was sentenced to four years in prison in April 2014. See the related reports for details of their past persecution and latest arrests and prosecution.
According to an insider, Ms. Cheng was held at the prison hospital at one point. She recounted her suffering, “The guards beat me and didn’t allow me to sleep. I felt drowsy all day and they ordered me to renounce my faith.”
Ms. Zhu held firm to her faith and the guards instructed inmate Luo Huilan to monitor her. Luo only gave her one basin of water every day to brush her teeth, clean herself and do laundry. She was also subjected to marathon brainwashing aimed to force her to renounce her faith.
Luo beat Ms. Zhu at the end of March 2025 for “non-compliance.” Instead of disciplining Luo, the guards handcuffed Ms. Zhu and hung her up by the cuffs to a window frame with her feet off the ground for more than ten days.
Ms. Zhu went on a hunger strike in protest. Upon learning of her abuse, Ms. Cheng also went on a hunger strike to show her support. Guard Dai Wenjing subjected Ms. Cheng to the same hanging torture Ms. Zhu suffered and did not allow her to use the restroom. Ms. Cheng had to relieve herself in her pants.
Over the years other Falun Gong practitioners jailed in the same prison were known to be subjected to various torture methods, including long-time standing, savage beatings, straitjacket, involuntary drug administration, sleep deprivation, and various hanging tortures. It is unclear what other tortures Ms. Zhu and Ms. Cheng were subjected to.
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