She won her first award at the Youth Day Calligraphy Contest in 1999. She also won the commemorate award at an intelligence contest. Her school also rewarded her as a model student on July 19, 1999. Chen Ying obtained Dafa in May 1996. Commissar Li of Jiamuxi City Public Security Bureau described what had happened.
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At that time, it was his turn to go home. He spent the entire day in Beijing on August 13, searching for her but could not find her. On August 15, Chen Ying along with other practitioners went to the State Department Appealing Office to appeal and therefore were arrested there. She was then sent to the liaison-office of Jiamusi in Beijing. He also handcuffed two children to iron poles and did not allow them to eat or drink.