Ink-splash woman Dong Yaoqiong, forcibly disappeared for 5 years and 7 months, spends her 37th birthday in enforced disappearance

（Rights Defense Network Information Center report）On September 27, 2026，this outlet learned：September 26 was the birthday of “the Ink-Splash Girl” Dong Yaoqiong，who spent her 37th birthday in enforced disappearance。Dong Yaoqiong has been missing since February 2021，a total of 5 years and 7 months，and is suspected of having been confined to a psychiatric hospital again，with no word from her to this day。

More than 8 years ago——in early July 2018，the brave Hunan girl Dong Yaoqiong livestreamed in front of the HNA Building in Shanghai，expressing her dissatisfaction with the Chinese Communist Party’s autocratic rule，and criticizing the authorities for brainwashing and coercing the people，and splashed ink on the portrait of the great dictator Xi Jinping。The incident became known as：the Dong Yaoqiong ink-splashing Xi Jinping incident。Dong Yaoqiong was arrested shortly afterward，on July 4, 2018。The incident drew support from across the country，and not long after her release Dong Yaoqiong was confined to psychiatric hospitals three times，with her father securing her release twice, briefly。The last time was in early February 2021，because Dong Yaoqiong’s mother cooperated with the authorities，signing to send her healthy daughter to a psychiatric hospital，for which the local “government” built Dong’s mother a house。

Dong Yaoqiong’s father, Dong Jianbiao, angrily condemned Dong Yaoqiong’s mother as utterly heartless and demanded that she take her daughter out of the hospital，and a conflict ensued，bringing him prison time and even costing him his life。On September 23, 2022, Dong Jianbiao died a tragic death in prison。After receiving notification，Dong Jianbiao’s relatives went to the morgue and found injuries on his body，and state security officers demanded that the body be cremated within five days。It has now been more than four full years since Dong Jianbiao was persecuted to death in prison。

At present，Dong Yaoqiong, the ink-splashing woman who is suspected of having been confined to a psychiatric hospital for more than 5 years and 7 months，is in a state of enforced disappearance，and it is unknown whether she is alive or dead。

Introduction to Dong Yaoqiong：Born on September 26, 1989，she is from Taoshui Town, You County, Zhuzhou, Hunan Province，and formerly worked as an agent for a Shanghai real estate company。Twitter handle：feefeefly，known as “the Ink-Splash Girl”，she is a Chinese political prisoner。

In July 2018，she used Twitter to livestream in front of the HNA Building in Shanghai, expressing her dissatisfaction with the Chinese Communist Party’s autocratic rule，criticizing the authorities for brainwashing and coercing the people，and splashing ink on a portrait of Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party’s top leader，which sparked widespread public discussion；on July 4，she was arrested by Shanghai police and went missing from then on，and her Twitter account was shut down by someone；on July 16，Shanghai police sent her back to her family home in You County, Hunan Province，and, on the grounds that she might have a “mental illness”，effectively detained her at Zhuzhou No. 3 Hospital，until her father met with her at Zhuzhou No. 3 Hospital on August 1，when he learned that the authorities had characterized her ink-splashing act as an “attack on national leaders”；

On November 19, 2019，she was released on bail pending trial and sent to her mother’s residence in Taoshui Town, You County, Hunan Province；it is reported that she suffered torture and abuse while in custody，and was forced to take medication while confined in a psychiatric hospital；

In early February 2021，she went missing again and was later suspected of having been confined for a third time at Zhuzhou No. 3 Psychiatric Hospital，where she has not been released to this day；it is reported that her Twitter posts have been deleted by someone；

Dong Yaoqiong’s father, Dong Jianbiao, repeatedly stated that she did not have a mental illness in order to save his daughter and defend her rights，but was eventually imprisoned，and died a tragic death in prison on September 23, 2022。After receiving notification，Dong Jianbiao’s relatives went to the morgue and found injuries on his body，and state security officers demanded that the body be cremated within five days。Dong Yaoqiong is currently suspected of being detained at Zhuzhou No. 3 Psychiatric Hospital。

This outlet will continue to follow Ms. Dong Yaoqiong’s situation。