Female College Student Deceived by Family into Correction Institution for 11 Days

According to a report by Southern People Weekly on May 27, Su Ling, a 21-year-old female college student, faced strong opposition from her parents due to her relationship with her boyfriend, Xu Kong. In March 2026, she was deceived away from Beijing by her family under the pretext of "cooperating with an investigation," and subsequently sent to an institution called "Lixuan Education" in Sanmenxia, Henan, where she lost communication freedom and was restricted in her personal freedom for 11 days.

The report states that before being taken away, Su Ling was studying at a university in Beijing and worked as a piano tutor. On March 15, she was deceived out of Beijing by her father and second aunt under the pretext that "a cousin was involved in a case and needed cooperation for the investigation." After getting into the car, her phone was confiscated, and she was escorted all the way to Sanmenxia. The so-called "investigation" eventually turned into "correction."

After entering "Lixuan Education," Su Ling's communication tools were confiscated, and she was subjected to closed management and continuous pressure. The institution's staff required her to record videos insulting her boyfriend and write letters condemning him, making these conditions for her release. An adult's romantic relationship was eventually packaged as a problem requiring "correction"; so-called familial affection became a legal cloak here, and so-called education became more like a low-cost business of personal control.

After Xu Kong discovered the abnormality, he reported it to the police, but the police did not intervene in time on the grounds that a video confirmed her "safety." Later, Xu Kong pretended to be a lawyer to find the institution's address and drove across provinces to rescue her. Su Ling superficially cooperated within the institution while secretly passing information, and finally left the institution after 11 days and reunited with her boyfriend.

What is more absurd about the incident is that after Su Ling was released, she and Xu Kong jointly sought legal rights, but still encountered difficulties in filing a case. Beijing police rejected the application to file a case for illegal detention on the grounds of "no criminal facts," while "parental authorization" became an important excuse for the institution to evade responsibility.

This incident is not just a family conflict. It reveals a long-existing hidden line in Chinese society: parents can cross the boundaries of adults under the guise of "for your own good," institutions can package detention as "correction" or "education," and law enforcement agencies may push the responsibility back to the victim themselves using terms like "family matters," "authorization," or "safety."

In a normal society, adults do not need parental approval for dating; when personal freedom is restricted, the police should not use a video recorded under a controlled state to replace an investigation. But in this logic, as long as the label of "parent," "education," or "management" is attached, an adult can be taken away from a city, closed off and detained, and forced to make statements. The CCP society is most adept at calling control "care," calling obedience "growth," and calling a victim's plea for help a "family internal matter."

Xu Kong posted public videos criticizing this control and illegal detention in the name of love and called for attention to the rights of adolescents and young adults, exposing the gray operations behind so-called internet addiction schools and correction institutions. This case also reminds the outside world once again: when a society lacks basic respect for individual rights, families, schools, institutions, and power organs can all become different parts of the same control machine.