(Minghui.org) A 74-year-old woman in Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, had a stroke while being detained for her faith in Falun Gong. The authorities refused to release her and still planned to sentence her to prison.
One insider revealed that an official from the Mudanjiang City Political and Legal Affairs Committee ordered the local court to convict Ms. Chen Yanwei, because she was a “repeat offender” who was previously twice detained for 15 days, in January 2020 and June 2021.
Ms. Chen was most recently arrested at home on October 29, 2025, by five officers from the Dongan District Police Department. She was taken to the Jiangnandiyi Police Station for interrogation. The two family members who accompanied her had their cell phones confiscated for “inspection.”
After she was interrogated, Ms. Chen was taken to the Daqing Police Station. At 2 p.m., she was driven to the Mudanjiang City Police Department’s Case Management Center for further questioning. Two hours later she was taken back to the Daqing Police Station, where fingerprints and blood samples were collected, her irises were scanned, and her gait was recorded. After that, she was taken to the Railway Hospital for a physical exam. Her systolic blood pressure registered at 180 mmHg (a normal range is 120 mmHg or lower), and her heart rate and urine test results were also abnormal. Despite her compromised health, the police took Ms. Chen to a detention center.
The Daqing Police Station soon submitted Ms. Chen’s case to the Aimin District Procuratorate, which approved her arrest and indicted her.
The Aimin District Court held a pre-trial meeting of Ms. Chen’s case on January 20, 2026, and scheduled a hearing for February 4. The hearing was later postponed to March 27 and it is unclear if it actually took place.
Ms. Chen’s blood pressure continued to rise while in custody. The detention center guards ordered her family to send her some medicine. They refused to do so, without having her undergoing a proper medical evaluation.
At 10 p.m. on April 17, 2026, Ms. Chen’s family received a call from the detention center, saying that she was in serious condition and had been taken to the hospital for a comprehensive checkup, including a CT scan and an MRI.
The guards called the family again on April 24 and said that Ms. Chen’s condition was critical and that she needed immediate treatment.
According to an insider, when Ms. Chen was taken to the hospital on April 24, her body was leaning to the right. She vomited a bloody brown fluid after the exam, and she struggled to open her eyes. She was so weak that she didn’t have the strength to pull up her pants after using the restroom. The doctor concluded that she recently had infarction of the right cerebellum.
Ms. Chen is currently held at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, which is affiliated with the Mudanjiang Municipal Police Department.
Ms. Chen’s family repeatedly demanded that the authorities release her, but their requests have been denied.
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