Ms. Yang Jingfang, born on September 30, 1949, was a senior technician working for Jianghuai Instrument and Meter Plant in Hefei City, and lived in Room 507, 25 Shuihu Road, Hefei City, Anhui Province. She went to Beijing in May 2000 to appeal for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong, for which the Western District Court of Hefei sentenced her to one year of imprisonment. After her release in 2001, she was deprived of rights of working and welfare.

On October 30, 2002, while away from Hefei on a business trip, Ms. Yang received a phone call from her workplace asking her to return immediately. Police abducted her immediately upon her return.

From October 30 to December 1, 2002, Ms Yang was detained in the post office building, where the police kept her handcuffed her to a chair for 32 days and nights continuously.

She was only allowed to sit but not allowed to sleep; nor was she allowed to wash, shower, or change. Due to the long time sitting chained to a chair, her wrists were lacerated, feet swollen, and her hips in pain. She twice entered a prolonged unconscious state from the severe pain in her pelvis, back, spine, and neck. From November into the winter, the room was heated and the air was very dry. The police would not allow her any drink of water, causing cracked lips and a very painful throat.

On June 5, 2003, Shushan District Court of Hefei sentenced Ms. Yang to three and a half years’ imprisonment in the absence of the major "witness", Ms. Wen Yan, and using forced "evidence" extracted by torture, which Ms. Yang had not acknowledged. Ms. Yang is in the process of filing an appeal. She is presently being incarcerated in Hefei Detention Center.