The Abduction of "Most Outstanding Policeman" Lu Zhiyong Causes Strong Repercussions Among the People in Sichuan Province

Dafa practitioner Lu Zhiyong, 40 years old, is a policeman from Heishui County Forest District Public Security Bureau in Sichuan Province. For his good work he was honored with the award of "most outstanding policeman." In the afternoon of April 16, 2002, security guards from Xinhua Labor Camp in Mianyang City came to Lu Zhiyong's home when his family members were all out of the house and abducted him. This news caused strong repercussions in Xinjin County, Sichuan Province and became a topic of frequent discussion.

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Female Falun Gong Practitioner Tortured to Death in Beijing's Miyun Detention Center

(Clearwisdom.net)

On the afternoon of January 31, 2002, there was chaos at Beijing's Miyun Dentention Center, because someone had died. The policemen in the detention center shouted, "Roll call immediately! roll call immediately!" It was chaotic at the scene. The situation turned out to be that a female Falun Dafa practitioner was deprived of her young life. This female Falun Dafa practitioner, with unknown name and address, was beaten by policeman Yu Chuanshui and another person with the last name of Wang, at midnight on January 30. The evil doers Yu and Wang ordered prisoners to beat her for more than two hours using big wooden planks, in order to force her to disclose her name and address. This Falun Dafa practitioner never yielded in the face of the cruel torture.

Police Brutality Not Limited by Demographic Boundaries in Effort to Exterminate Falun Gong in China

"It is clear that this campaign of violent suppression by the Chinese government is not limited to any particular demographic group. As long as the victim practices Falun Gong, he or she will be persecuted just the same. The victims are ordinary people - the elderly, those in the prime of their lives, even innocent children. Doesn't it seem unconscionable to you that the police would detain an 16-year-old girl for over a year, right after murdering her mother?"

Australian Financial Review: Olympic Chief Warns China On Human Rights

April 26, 2002 Friday

Beijing

The International Olympic Committee has warned China that it risks losing the right to hold the 2008 Games unless it improves its human rights record.