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Today, 91 people published their "solemn declarations," claiming all they have written and done that did not conform to Dafa as completely void. From now on, they will continue to cultivate Falun Dafa, make great efforts to keep up with Teacher's Fa-rectification process and expose the evil thoroughly. They will clarify the truth, save the people deceived by lies and redouble their efforts to make up for the loss they have caused to Dafa in order to not let Teacher down.

The bloody atrocities of the evil police in Huanxiling Forced Labor Camp

In April 2001, the second team of the Huanxiling Forced Labor Camp purchased more clubs and electric batons with which to beat the illegally abducted Falun Dafa practitioners. The guards used the electric batons to hit the most sensitive parts of their bodies and almost every practitioner was severely beaten. Some practitioners' were buckled to a bed by their hands and feet in order to restrain them. They were beaten for more than three hours continuously.

A Falun Dafa practitioner in jail talked about his own experience of being cruelly tortured. On November 1, I was arrested by the evil policeman Jin Longji from Badao Police Station for clarifying the truth. He beat me so hard that blood filled my mouth and my teeth were knocked out. The policeman claimed, "I will not take any responsibility if I beat you to death, your death will not even be noticed." I was illegally detained for three days in Longjing City Public Security Bureau and was not allowed to eat or use the restroom. I had injuries all over my body from the cruel torture and was later sent to a detention center.

The illegally detained Falun Dafa practitioners in Jiutai Forced Labor Camp sent an appeal letter to the central office exposing the guards in the forced labor camp for cruelly torturing the Falun Dafa practitioners. They asked the law-enforcement officers to enforce the law justly and severely punish the criminals.

Authorities in the Shengli Oil Field Electricity Co. built a private prison and secretly held a brainwashing class. They illegally kidnap and detain practitioners for long periods of time and watch them 24 hours a day. The guards deprive practitioners of sleep and force them to stand all the time. These hired overseers curse and beat the practitioners whenever they want. Some practitioners' heads bled from the beatings and some were pushed into a car and beaten. A 70-year-old practitioner was illegally detained for over 100 days and this individual lost 66 lbs.

Just before the New Year's Day, every night around midnight, the police from Ningjin County Police Department in Hebei Province climbed over practitioners' walls, broke into their homes and illegally searched and kidnapped several practitioners. These police officers also illegally detained and forcibly sent practitioners to brainwashing classes. The officers even shamelessly claimed, "the ruling Party is just this wicked." Many practitioners were forced to become homeless to avoid further persecution.

Exposing the persecution of practitioners at the hands of Tuchengzi Township Police Station in Changyi District of Jilin City, Jilin Province: On December 28, 2001, four practitioners were robbed and arrested by police officers because they went to visit practitioner Zhao Daili. Zhao was recently released from illegal forced labor. Zhao was again detained, and his 14-year-old daughter was illegally sent to a brainwashing class with her mother for 27 days. The daughter was forced to quit school because she refused to sign a guarantee statement that "promised" that she would relinquish Dafa practice.

Lawless officials in Sichuan Province closely followed the country's ruling dictator's orders to persecute Falun Gong. Practitioner Xue Zhen, a 68-year-old individual, was tortured to death at the Maojiashan Forced Labor Camp. Government officials' brutality brought disasters upon the local people. On New Year's Day, thick fog surrounded Chengdu City and all air traffic was halted. On January 17, a traffic accident took place in Ningnan County, resulting in 9 deaths and 6 injuries. On January 25, twenty-four cars crashed on the highway from Chengdu to Mianyang, resulting in 2 deaths and 11 injuries.

The four evil policemen in a forced labor camp who had beaten and injured Falun Dafa practitioners were arrested and will be sentenced to jail. One of them is the team leader whose last name is Han. Han has already been dismissed from his post and the head of the disciplinary inspection department was arrested and sent to jail.

The teachers Chen Zhiheng and Li Yuesheng from Longtan District Elementary School of Jilin City received evil retribution for following the orders of the higher authorities in participating in the persecution of Falun Dafa. Chen Zhiheng was hit while riding a motorcycle and had two operations. Li Yuesheng was diagnosed as having tuberculosis in the second half of the year and stopped working in order to take care of himself.

A letter to the policewoman Miss Zhang in Shengli Police Station in Daqing City: You went to an elementary school to teach the students to report anyone posting Falun Gong flyers to the police. This is such a big crime, because you deceived and led the simple and innocent children to the evil road of ruin. You made use of the innocence of children and led them to do evil things unknowingly. Can the people who instigated you to do evil deeds guarantee your eternal life?

Overseas News

An open letter from Falun Gong practitioners from 60 universities in the United States to all Chinese intellectuals: The insane persecution of Falun Gong also involves the academic community. Those talented students left the world one after another with immortal hearts. Knowledge and conscience transcend national boundaries. Let us together pay attention to the situation of Falun Gong practitioners.

Stories of Cultivation

Because I participated in the April 25, 1999 appeal, two to four policemen tried to brainwash me everyday. In October 1999, I was illegally sent to the Masanjia Labor Camp in Liaoning Province for three years of labor 're-education." I was in a terrible situation for a long time. Due to the way those in the labor camp persecuted me both mentally and physically my health deteriorated twice. On May 30, 2001, I was sent there again. I overcame huge hardships and currently I have been forced to become homeless in order to avoid further persecution.

Short Stories about Fa-Rectification

On New Year's Day of 2002 one younger practitioner and his mom saw a policeman dragging Falun Gong practitioners away. He went to the policeman and asked: "How do we get to Yueyawan?" The policeman was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the mom and her son. At this time the two practitioners under interrogation joined the stream of people.

Little Zhao always worried about having to collect heating fees from his customers. One day Ms Liu gave him a VCD about the truth of Falun Gong after paying her bill, and told him: "I am a Falun Gong practitioner." Zhao said: "Thank you! It seems that the more people that practice Falun Gong, the better things become. I won't be worried anymore about collecting heating fees."

The boss of one beauty salon said: "I really respect Falun Gong practitioners. They stick to their beliefs even after being beaten and arrested." One customer said: "Those who sent the materials are so brave. I saw two people standing at the street corners handing out materials." Wang continued to clarify the truth about the "Self-Immolation on Tiananmen," and about other issues. People in the room all said: "It turns out that CCTV lies to people!"