Shaolin Liang, 51,
sister of Yufeng Liang, 45, computer engineer in Massachusetts
Shaolin Liang, female, 51, librarian –
elder sister of Yufeng Liang, 45, M.S., computer engineer in Massachusetts.
Shaolin began practicing Falun Gong in 1996
in Maoming City. In September 1999, she was detained in her workplace
just for practicing Falun Gong. Since then, she has not been allowed
to return home.
On October 6, 1999, Shaolin decided to travel
to Beijing to peacefully appeal for Falun Gong, and she managed
to escape from her workplace. She was seized en route by the police
in Guangzhou and was sent to a local detention center. She was released
only after going on a hunger strike for 7 days.
After this incident, Yufeng asked her to
come to the United States, but Chinese officials would not grant
her permission to leave China. Not long after, she was detained
once again in the local detention center.
In January 2000, she was sentenced
without trial to two years in Sanshui Labor Camp. She was denied
any visitors including family members. For more than two years,
there was no news of Shaolin. Finally, in April 2002, her family
received a phone call saying she had been transferred back to a
detention center in Maoming City. To this day, she is not allowed
any contact with her family or friends.
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