Opinion ID: 2747546
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Heading: Meng’s Application for Relief

Text: On February 25, 2008, Meng was admitted to the United States as a non‐ immigrant visitor with authorization to remain for six months. Five months later, on July 24, 2008, Meng filed for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT 3 relief, stating that she had suffered past political persecution when, as a public security officer in her local community, she refused to collect a security fee from residents and wrote a letter to the local public security bureau alleging that the police chief was corrupt. Meng asserted that, as a result of these actions, her passport was confiscated and she was arrested and held in custody for 14 days, during which time a guard slapped her in the face several times and fellow prisoners beat her on instruction of the guards. Ten months later, Meng’s passport was returned when she promised not to engage in any further anti‐ government activities, whereupon she left China.