Appendix II: Cases of petitioners sent to psychiatric institutions

6. Chen Shilan (陈士兰) 

Female, 49

Address: Genghis Khan Town, Zhalantun City, Inner Mongolia.  

Chen has gone to Beijing several times to petition for her two sons, who were severely injured by a group of criminals shielded by Zhalantun City PSB. 

In December 2004, Zhalantun PSB, promising to help her, coaxed Chen back and confined her to Yakeshi Forestry Mental Hospital, where Chen was forcibly injected with medication and given electric shocks. After the injections, Chen was too weak to stand up; she passed out after taking the medication. Later on, threatening to arrest Chen’s sons, the PSB forced the family into signing confirmation of Chen’s mental illness and a promise not to petition again. 

7. Gu Xiangqin (顾相芹) 

Female, 43

Address: 59 Yongan Street, Dayan Mining District, Evenk Banner, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia. 

On June 20, 1984, Gu’s father, Gu Qing, became party to a dispute when the family’s cows ate their neighbor’s wheat seedlings, but Gu Qing was dissatisfied with the arbitration by the local production team. On June 30, in Gu Qing’s house, the production team leader, Luan Youchen, beat Gu Qing’s daughter, Gu Xianghua, had Gu Qing tied up, and took him to the local police station. On July 1, the head of the police station, E Caikui, and police officer, Meng Shuangzhu, handcuffed Gu Qing to the door handle of the police station. On July 4, Meng broke into Gu’s home and took their cows away. He also forced Gu Qing’s family – his wife, two sons and daughter – to go to Luan’s house, where they were tied up and badly beaten. Gu Qing’s wife and one of their sons were allowed to go home by evening. The other two children were not released until July 6. Gu Qing had to wait until July 11, when he was released from the local police station.  

Since then, Gu Qing and Gu Xiangqin, father and daughter, have petitioned higher authorities many times. On September 20, 2005, Gu Xiangqin was arrested by the local PSB (Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner PSB), and sent to Yakeshi Mental Hospital without any medical authorization. There, Xiangqin was forcibly injected and fed medication. On October 31, Gu’s family were coaxed by the local authority (Committee of Political and Legal Affairs of the CCP in Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner) to sign an agreement admitting that Xiangqin suffered from mental illness. On November 1, Xiangqin was released from the hospital.  

8. Yan Xiulan (闫秀兰), Lu Shukun (吕淑坤) 

Yan Xiulan, female, 55; Lu Shukun, Yan’s mother.

Address: Majia Tun, Fuan Village, Shanhe Town, Wuchang City, Heilongjiang Province.  

Yan has petitioned numerous times about the handling of her husband's charge of robbery by Wuchang City PSB. For this, she has been detained on over thirty occasions and was once sent to a mental hospital.

On December 3, 1993, Lu accompanied Yan to the Letters and Visits Office at Heilongjiang Province PSB, where they were confronted in the corridor by the head of the Office, Lin, who struck Lu with his elbow. Lu collapsed to the floor and stopped breathing, but was eventually resuscitated by her daughter’s artificial respiration. X-ray examination later showed that Lu’s ribs had been broken. Both mother and daughter were then sent to a Custody Center, where the mother was not able to eat or drink for five days. They were later taken out of the Custody Center and thrown onto the road to Wuchang City. 

On August 8, 1997, Yan was diagnosed with a mental disorder by Harbin City Mental Illness Examination Group instructed by Harbin Letters and Visits Office, and was confined to Harbin Custody Center and then Harbin Mental Hospital for six months. Yan was beaten repeatedly by the head of the ward, Liu Pengyao, on September 12, and a doctor, Yang, on September 17. On September 19, Yang seized Yan and hit her head against the wall. She fell unconscious to the floor. Yang continued to beat her, inflicting broken ribs, numerous bruises, and serious head injuries which lasted for more than a month, during which Yan was unable to eat or drink or to walk properly without falling to the floor, even with the support of the wall.  

On September 22, Yang and Liu had Yan tied up and started to electrocute her, first on her temples, then her hands and feet, repeatedly. During the torture, Yan lost consciousness five times and suffered multiple convulsions. After the torture, she had bruised fingers and lips and suffered from hair loss, liver pain, aggravated coronary heart disease, and menstrual disorders. On October 3, Yang forcibly injected her with expired medication for another patient, causing her body to go numb, as well as breathing difficulties, insomnia, a low pulse, head pain and head immobility, and inability to open her mouth. The injections were repeated four more times between October 9 and 11.  

On October 30, 1998, in Harbin Custody Center, a small bite of the food and soup provided caused Yan convulsions during a whole night and repeated unconsciousness.  Her hands and feet turned blue (her nails remained blue for many days after), she could not move her eyes, and her limbs became numb. It was suspected that Yan was poisoned. 

Lu Shukun was also locked up in Harbin Mental Hospital for a month in September 1997, where the medication led to her bleeding from her nose and mouth and lapsing into a coma for ten days. 

9. Huang Cuihua (黄翠华) 

Female, born October 1, 1959

Address: 3rd Floor, Block 12, Xihuxin Village, Xiannushan Street Office, Hanchuan City, Xiaogan Prefecture-level City, Hubei Province  

In 1994, Huang’s son was injured while attending Honghua Kindergarten. Without Huang’s knowledge, the head of the kindergarten sought compensation on her behalf from an insurance company and then pocketed the money. In 2002, Huang and her son found out about the scam and she started to petition government authorities about it. Huang has been repeatedly beaten and detained for her petitioning. 

On July 13, 2006, while Huang was petitioning in Beijing, she was intercepted and sent back to Hanchuan City by staff from Hanchuan City government. On July 18, a group of government officials, including Li Zhiyong, Secretary of the Xiannushan Street Office CCP Committee, Lei Minhua, the head of Chengxi police station (under Hanchuan City PSB) and staff from Xiannushan Street Office, came to Huang’s home and demanded her to come to Xiannushan Street Office to “resolve the problem.” Huang followed them. Huang grew suspicious when she saw two police cars parked not far from her home. Huang then ran and got on a public bus. Lei and others stopped the public bus, dragged Wang off the bus and started to beat her. After the beating, using the police cars, Lei and others sent Huang to Hanchuan Mental Hospital. Huang’s injuries were never properly treated and as a result she developed complications. Huang was released on January 12, 2007, after having spent six months in the mental institution.  

10. Jiang Hee (姜和娥)

Female, born October 10, 1962, a worker of Situ Food Administration Center in Danyang City

Address: No. 119, Group 11, Xuejia Village, Situ Township (formerly known as Quanzhou Township), Danyang City, Jiangsu Province 

Because of her reports about embezzlement and corruption amongst cadres of Situ Food Administration Center in 1988, Jiang has been repeatedly persecuted and retaliated against. Jiang has been petitioning with the hope that these retaliations would cease.  

On August 30, 1997, without any warrants, police from Quanzhou Township police station (under Danyang City PSB) surrounded Jiang’s residence. The following day, over 40 military police forcibly entered Jiang’s home, arrested her and sent her to Danyang City Hengtang Mental Hospital. Upon arrival, Jiang was kept in solitary confinement and was forcibly injected with unknown medication, which made her feel terrible, by the head of the hospital. On September 1, Jiang was transferred to Danyang City Mental Hospital and detained there for 72 days. Reportedly, for three days during her detention, Jiang was tortured.  

Jiang resumed petitioning. In September 2002, Jiang was intercepted by interceptors dispatched by Danyang PSB while petitioning in Beijing. Jiang was about to be sent to a psychiatric institution again when she escaped.  

On November 8, 2002, Jiang was handing out leaflets in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, when she was arrested by police from Beijing Municipal PSB Tiananmen Sub-division. On November 9, Jiang was sent back by police from Danyang City PSB and detained in Danyang City Garden Hotel. On November 28, interceptors dispatched by Danyang City PSB and Situ Food Administration Center sent her to Zhenjiang City Mental Hospital in Jiangsu Province. Jiang was detained there for 32 months and 1 day.  During Jiang’s detention in the hospital, in late November 2003, she was discovered to have cervical cancer. However, despite repeated requests for medical treatment, she was not operated on until August 2, 2005. Jiang was released on August 10, 2005.   

On March 8, 2006, Jiang was petitioning in Beijing when she was arrested by Beijing Municipal PSB Tiananmen Sub-division near the Great Hall of the People. On March 9, interceptors dispatched by Danyang City PSB and Situ Food Administration Center brought Jiang back and sent her to Zhenjiang City No. 4 People’s Hospital. In the hospital, Jiang was allegedly forcibly medicated, which led to serious injuries to her liver. 

Appendix III: Cases of petitioners arbitrarily detained

11. Chen Lijian (陈礼健) 

Male, born May 30, 1971

Address: Xiamen City, Fujian Province  

Because of his repeated petitions to central government authorities in Beijing about embezzlement and corruption amongst managers of Sanhang Electronics Xiamen Branch, Chen has been beaten and detained many times by government officials from Xiamen City Government. His family has been subjected to regular harassment and threats. 

On December 9, 2004, Chen was beaten severely by government officials in front of the Xiamen City Government building. On June 14, 2007, while petitioning in Beijing, Chen was intercepted and forcibly returned to Xiamen by interceptors from Xiamen City Government. On August 9, 2007, while petitioning in Beijing, interceptors from Xiamen City Government Beijing Liaison Office, accompanied by three Henanese, forcibly kidnapped Chen and brought him to Nanyang City, Henan Province Beijing Liaison Office, where he was detained without legal procedures for eight days.   

12.  Cao Fulin (曹福林) 

Male, born May 16, 1966

Address: Yanwa Community, Caojia Laozhuang Village, Shizi Township, Lingtai County, Gansu Province 

Cao got involved in a conflict with Lingtai County Court over certain fees that the Court allegedly owes him. For persistently claiming these fees and repeatedly petitioning higher authorities about the Court’s misconduct in the matter, Cao and his children have been repeatedly assaulted and detained by interceptors from the Court and other government agencies.  

On August 25, 2000, Cao went to Lingtai County Court to claim fees that he believed were owed to him by the Court. Vice-president of the Court, Wang Ligong, held Cao by the ear and proceeded to kick and beat him until the latter fell unconscious. Cao was sent to Lingtai County hospital for emergency treatment. The following evening, against the advice of Cao’s doctors, Wang forcibly dragged Cao out of the hospital and beat him again. Following the beating, Cao’s right leg was swollen and in pain. He returned to Lingtai County Hospital, where he was diagnosed with tachycardia and a blood clot in his right leg, for which he would require surgery. However, before Cao completed his treatment, on September 21, men dispatched by Wang forcibly took Cao out of the hospital, beat him until he was unconscious, confiscated his patient record and sent him home. On October 12, at Lingtai County Court, Wang once again assaulted Cao and ordered a court policeman to beat Cao unconscious. 

On January 7, 2002, Cao went to lodge a complaint at the Court. Cao and his three children were seized by men dispatched by Wang and illegally detained in the Court’s office until January 25. After the incident, Cao was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for “hindering official business”.  

On October 18, 2004, Cao and his three children were petitioning in Beijing when they were kidnapped by a crowd of interceptors including members of Lingtai County Court, PSB, CCP Committee on Politics and Law and Letters and Visits Office. Cao and his children were sent back to Lingtai and held at an old people’s home in Shizi Township for a month without legal procedures. 

On November 6, 2005, while petitioning in Beijing, Cao and his three children were kidnapped near Beijing South Station by twelve interceptors from Lingtai County Court, PSB, CCP Committee on Politics and Law and Letters and Visits Office. They gagged Cao and his children, confiscated their petition materials and other personal items, and took them back to Lingtai County, where they were incarcerated in Shizi Township Health Center.   

Cao and his children suffered more abductions, beatings and detentions. On April 10, 2006, they were abducted from Xian train station, Shaanxi Province, promptly brought back to Lingtai County and detained at the health center. While in detention, Cao Xiaoxia, Cao’s daughter, was beaten by one of the guards.  After their release on April 17, they found themselves detained again between April 18 and 26 at the Shizi Township government office.  

Cao continued to petition. On July 26, 2006, interceptors from Lingtai County Court, PSB, CCP Committee on Politics and Law and Letters and Visits Office abducted two of Cao’s children (Cao Xiaoxia, then age twelve and Cao Xiaolong, then age ten) while they were petitioning in Beijing. The interceptors refused to tell Cao of his children’s whereabouts. They detained Xiaoxia and Xiaolong in a Beijing suburb, then in an old people’s home in Shizi Township. During their detention, Xiaoxia was beaten by a Shizi government worker.   

On December 11, 2006, Cao’s eldest daughter, Cao Ruifang (then age 14) went to get the forms for filing petitions at the Supreme People’s Court, the State Council and the National People’s Congress in Beijing. Cao was reportedly abducted by interceptors from Lingtai County CCP Committee on Politics and Law, Letters and Visits Office, PSB and Court. To this day, her whereabouts are unknown. 

On February 27, 2007, Cao was kidnapped by interceptors from Lingtai County PSB and Letters and Visits Office and Shizi Township government. He was sent back to Lingtai County, and his petitioning materials and personal belongings were confiscated.  Cao and his children were detained in Shizi Township Health Center for a month. While in detention, Xiaoxia was beaten by two Shizi Township government officers.  

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