Victims:

1.      Zhang Yonghong, female, 39 years old, college educated, a former enterprise accountant with no history of mental illness, Pingdu city, Shandong province

2.      Li Li, female, 30 years old, a former cashier with no history of mental illness, Pingdu city, Shandong province

Location of Detention and Torture:

1.      The No. 6 People's Hospital (mental hospital), Pingdu city, Shandong province

2.      The Pubic Security Office, Pingdu city, Shandong province

Perpetrators:

1.      The Head of No. 6 People's Hospital (mental hospital), Pingdu city, Shandong province

2.      Doctor Jing of the No. 6 People's Hospital (mental hospital), Pingdu city, Shandong province

3.      Shi Weibin, officer at the Pingdu city Police Department Political and Security Section, Pingdu city, Shandong province

4.      Yu Bing, and Sun Yuhai: policemen from the Pingdu police station, Pingdu city, Shandong province

5.      The Head of the Pingdu Local Police Department, Pingdu city, Shandong province

6.      The Head of the Public Security Office, Pingdu city, Shandong province

7.      The Head of the Pingdu city Committee and the city Political and Judiciary Committee, Pingdu city, Shandong province

A Brief Report of the Incident:

On June 6, 2000, the local police arrested Ms. Zhang Yonghong when she was on her way to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop the persecution of Falun Gong. She was sent to the No. 6 People's Hospital of Pingdu city, a mental hospital. Without her consent, Zhang Yonghong was hospitalized for 60 days. In addition, she was given five types of drugs, three times a day, as well as an injection every night. When she refused to take the drugs, male doctors and nurses worked together to force her down. They pinched her nose and forced the drugs down her throat. Sometimes they would increase the dosage or give her electric shocks. After taking the drugs, she had reactions and symptoms such as slow cerebral response, partial memory loss, stiff eye movement, yellowish complexion, slowed movements, and constant tearing. There were no diagnostic documents, or any certification provided to her when she was discharged from the hospital. Nor did she receive any follow-up examinations.

On June 8, 2000, Ms. Li Li was sent to the mental hospital, the No. 6 People's Hospital of Pingdu city, just because she went to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop the persecution of Falun Gong. Her family was reluctant to let her go, but the Pingdu Local Police Department gave them only two choices: the mental hospital or a Labor Camp. In the mental hospital, Li Li was given drugs and injections without her consent, or any explanation or information about the drugs being used. Li Li was occasionally shocked with electric needles. When Li Li refused to take the drugs because there was no explanation of her illness or of the drug's side effects, several doctors and nurses came and held her down, grabbing her arms and legs. Some of them held her head and body down. Others picked her nose up and forcefully administered the drugs through her nose. Two people held her down on a bench and tied her arms to it. Her face was forced up. They pinched her nose and force-fed her one bowl of drugs after another. She almost choked to death from this. In addition, none of the results of the diagnosis pertained to her. As a reaction to the drugs, Li Li became overweight and weak, and was sleepy all day. She could not stop salivating, and she lost control of her arms and legs; she had a terrible headache and could not sleep because her eyes were open all night. Li Li was hospitalized for 123 days.

type = Case, Psychiatric; type=Case, Women; location= Shandong, Pingdu