Epoch Times - The Final Plea of Yun Zhang, Who Vanished in CCP Police Custody

Feb. 7, 2026 - Epoch Times

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The Final Plea of Yun Zhang, Who Vanished in CCP Police Custody | Filmmaker Raymond Zhang

Filmmaker Raymond Zhang uncovers Yun Zhang’s final voice recordings—April 19, 2001, at 2 a.m.—revealing her terror after police surrounded her Qingdao home following her husband’s detention death. A former performer, she sang and danced to evade surveillance but was arrested for sharing his story and distributing flyers, vanishing in custody amid China’s crackdown. Her desperate plea to Canada and the world exposed a microcosm of the CCP’s systemic persecution, demanding urgent intervention before her silence became permanent. [Automatically generated summary]
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Original Voice, Stolen Life 00:02:16
	Something that was really incredible in the film was you actually have this what I call a voice from history, you know, from 2002, Yun Zhang.
	You actually have her original voice, her testament.
	It was finding the original recording of Yun that inspired me to start the film at the very beginning.
	My sister loved singing and danced well.
	My sister was kidnapped at least.
	This film features the original recordings of Yuan right before she was kidnapped by the police and eventually forcefully disappeared in the police custody.
	After her husband was killed while in detention, she shared his story and distributed flyers in Qingdao, China.
	This made her a target by the police, who handed her down.
	At about 2 a.m. on April 19, 2001, she left messages for her sister in Toronto, Canada, recounting her family's plight.
	Her speech was somewhat hurried, as she has felt that her situation was extremely dangerous because the policemen were outside her door.
	In the recording, she said, her family's experience was only the tip of the iceberg in the persecution in China and hope the international community could help to end this persecution.

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Original Voice, Stolen Life 00:02:16

Something that was really incredible in the film was you actually have this what I call a voice from history, you know, from 2002, Yun Zhang.

You actually have her original voice, her testament.

It was finding the original recording of Yun that inspired me to start the film at the very beginning.

My sister loved singing and danced well.

My sister was kidnapped at least.

This film features the original recordings of Yuan right before she was kidnapped by the police and eventually forcefully disappeared in the police custody.

After her husband was killed while in detention, she shared his story and distributed flyers in Qingdao, China.

This made her a target by the police, who handed her down.

At about 2 a.m. on April 19, 2001, she left messages for her sister in Toronto, Canada, recounting her family's plight.

Her speech was somewhat hurried, as she has felt that her situation was extremely dangerous because the policemen were outside her door.

In the recording, she said, her family's experience was only the tip of the iceberg in the persecution in China and hope the international community could help to end this persecution.