Facts of the Persecution

• Mr. Zheng Shoujun Tortured to Death in Liaoning Province (Photos)
• Cruelly Tortured to Near Death at the "Judicial Enforcement Training Center" in Beijing
• Cases of Persecution in Guangdong Provincial Women's Forced Labor Camp
• Shenzhou City Authorities Illegally Search Practitioners' Homes
• Liu Yonghong Arrested by Xinji Town Police in Sanhe City, Hebei Province
• Persecution Incidents in Yueyang City, Hunan Province
• Falun Gong Practitioners in Handan City, Hebei Province Persecuted by the CCP Regime
• View of Persecution Facilities in Daxing, Beijing (Photos)
• Additional Persecution News from China - August 22, 2008 (36 Reports)
• Additional Persecution News from China - August 24, 2008 (22 Reports)
• 66 People Declare their Intention to Resume Practicing Falun Gong

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(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Zheng Shoujun, 45, lived in Niuxintuo Township, Liaozhong County (under Shenyang City). He started cultivating Falun Dafa in 1998, and he kept his faith after the persecution began in 1999. At the end of 2000, he went to Beijing to clarify the truth, but was arrested and sentenced to three years of forced labor. In order to force to him give up his faith, the guards at the Zhangshi Labor Camp in Shenyang City tortured him over a long period of time. In a photograph below he is seen demonstrating one of the cruel methods of torture called "Chicken with a twisted neck."

Mr. Zheng Shoujun demonstrated the torture he endured in 2004.

At around 7:30 a.m. on September 27, 2001, seven to eight brainwashing instructors tried to force Mr. Zheng to accept the brainwashing, but their efforts were in vain. Mr. Zheng was beaten mercilessly. He solemnly told the brainwashing perpetrators their actions were illegal. Mr. Zheng was then pushed down on the floor, and his foot was scratched by metal and bled profusely. He was then pushed under a metal table. Mr. Zheng's legs were attached to the floor 30^o apart, then his neck was tied to his calves, and his upper body was then forcefully pressed down. Mr. Zheng was a very large man, weighing 200 pounds. His stomach was squeezed and his neck was pulled down to his ankles. His neck and feet were tied with a bed-sheet, resulting in his face and stomach touching the floor. Lastly, they tied his hands behind his back.

Mr. Zheng was kept in that position while his legs were repeatedly kicked. He was asked, "Do you still want to practice? If you do we could leave you tied up like this forever!" Mr. Zheng answered, "Even if my bones are crushed to pieces, I will still practice!" Mr. Zheng was in extreme pain, as if all the bones in his body were fractured, the tendons all broken, and as if ten thousands knives were cutting into his body. His clothes were soaked with sweat and this left a puddle of water on the floor. Mr. Zheng cried out loudly in pain, but none of the guards paid any attention because it was the guards who ordered the brainwashing personnel to torture him like this. After four hours he was released because the guards needed the space to eat lunch. Mr. Zheng was unable to move upon being released. His body stayed locked in that position, and he experienced extreme pain if any one touched him. These vicious torturers kicked him, pinched him, and beat him to cause injury to his upper body. The pain was so great that it almost caused him to lose consciousness. He could not walk for three months because his feet and legs were dislocated. The soles of his feet turned up, and his ankles would touched the floor first when he tried to walk.

Around October 2001, Management Office Deputy Chair Shi Fengyou, ordered prisoners to keep Mr. Zheng from sleeping. Instead he was forced to squat within the boundaries of one piece of tile on the floor. His head was then tied between his legs with rope and he was forced to stay in this miserable position for 5 hours. Mr. Zheng lost consciousness, his feet and legs were swollen and he could not walk. In February 2002, the Special Warden for the Torture of Falun Gong Practitioners, Song Baishun, gathered several prisoners from the Second Ward. The practitioners, including Mr. Zheng Shoujun, were beaten, deprived of sleep, and forced to squat for long periods of time. Mr. Zheng endured all sorts of torture, but never give up his faith. He was released in the spring of 2004, after an extended three month term of forced labor.

On March 1, 2005, Mr. Zheng was passing out truth clarifying discs, and was arrested by officers of the Hebei Police Station in Heping District, Shenyang City. He was transferred to the Heping District Detention Center on March 3, 2005, where he went on hunger strike to protest the persecution. He was released one week later, but while he was detained, he was restrained in the police station and injected with unknown drugs which caused him to appear sick.

At around 9 p.m. on February 16, 2006, Mr. Zheng was passing out materials in Panjiapu Township, and was arrested by the police. He was interrogated overnight by 610 Office Chair Feng Dongchang, Domestic Security Division Leader Li Wei, and Panjiapu Police Station Director Zhu Dezhen. He was imprisoned in the Liaozhong County Detention Center on February 17, 2006. There he was severely beaten on the head. Because the police and the guards blocked all information about his condition, he was not treated nor was his family allowed to visit or ask about his injuries. Mr. Zheng went on hunger strike and refused water to protest his brutal treatment.

For the past two years his family has been unable to learn anything about his condition. On August 18, 2008, the police from Shenyang City suddenly called his family, and asked them to go and see Mr. Zheng at the prison hospital. His family rushed to the hospital, only to see the dead body of Mr. Zheng. In fear of their crimes being exposed, the police secretly cremated Mr. Zheng's body at the Wenguantun crematorium.

From the time Mr. Zheng died of torture, until his body was cremated, the temporary home of his wife and daughter had many plainclothes police come and go. During this time it was impossible for anyone to get close to his family. The details of this crime have yet to be investigated.

Dou Hongliang (male), Liaozhong County Police Department Director: 86-24-87899199 (o), 86-24-87800005 (h), 86-13840502006 (cell)
Lin Yongxian (male), Liaozhong County Police Department Deputy Director: 86-24-87897855 (o), 86-24-87800009 (h), 86-13604015000 (cell)
Wang Tie (male), Liaozhong County Police Department Deputy Director: 86-24-87885023, 86-13504988801 (cell)

Feng Dongchang (male), 610 Office Chair: 86-24-87883425, 86-24-87822610, 86-13504008811 (cell)
Li Wei (male), Domestic Security Division Leader, Police Register Number: 115225, 86-13604909119 (cell), 86-24-87820003 (h)
Zhu Zhengzhou (male), Panjiapu Township Police Station Director: 86-13898890033 (cell), 86-24-87971419, or 86-24-87893455, or 86-24-87971410 (o)

(Clearwisdom.net) The "Judicial Enforcement Training Center" at Tiantanghe in Daxing District of Beijing claims to enforce courts judgments, but this is far from the truth. On December 5, 2001, I was illegally arrested without a warrant and taken to the Beijing Judicial Enforcement Training Center. I was imprisoned for fifteen months, cruelly tortured and had to undergo forced brainwashing. Several times I was near death from the torture.

I did not cooperate with them, as I knew that it was not wrong to remain steadfast in the belief that taught me to be a good person.

Before I was taken to the center, the police beat me with rubber batons in a secret interrogation room at the Beijing Police Bureau several times and detained me for one day. When I arrived at the center, I was thoroughly checked over by a doctor from the Beijing Tiantanghe Hospital to ascertain the extent of my injuries. The doctor said that I was badly bruised on my back and thighs from the beatings and that the center could not accept me. The doctor suggested that I be taken back to the Beijing Police Bureau. However, those in charge at the center ignored his recommendation and detained me in a cell at the center. I was monitored around the clock by military police. I was not given any privacy when I went to the restroom. I completely lost my personal freedom.

I knew clearly that the detention and beatings were illegal under existing Chinese law, so I went on a hunger strike in protest. On December 12, 2001, guards from the center sent in doctors from Tiantanghe Hospital to force-feed me. Several guards held me down on a wooden chair. Then, I was tied to a metal chair. Whenever I struggled, they beat me. Then they put a rubber tube through my nose and down my throat to my stomach.

The hose created a burning sensation in my nose. When the tube was pulled out, it was filled with blood. During one forced-feeding session, it took several tries to insert the tube. One guard said, "Don't you find it painful having the tube put to your stomach through your nose? We'll do this every day until you give in." I was forced-fed in this brutal way about 200 times during my detention at the center. I suffered tremendous pain, both mentally and physically.

The day after I arrived at the center, they began to brainwash me. Staff from the Nos. 2, 3 and 4 Teams from the Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp and guards from the Brainwashing and Transformation Section of the center, around twelve people, took turns trying to brainwash me. I had to listen to lies, slander and attacks on Teacher and Falun Dafa for a long time. They also forced me to read similar materials and listen to tape recordings maligning Falun Gong. They repeatedly said, "Don't ever think about getting out of here, unless you are "transformed"."

In January 2003, guards from the No. 2 Team ordered inmates to stick paper slips with remarks slandering Teacher and Falun Dafa on the wall, or put them on the bed, floor. They stepped on these slips and cursed at Dafa.

In January 2002, when I had been on hunger strike for over 50 days, I was very weak. At about 8:00 p.m., six guards came into my cell. They made me stand for a long time, and they stepped on Teacher's portrait while badmouthing Teacher and Falun Dafa. Then, they proceeded to pour cold water over my head and opened the windows and doors to let the cold wind in. I was freezing and my teeth chattered. They deprived me of sleep until the third day, when I began to vomit blood. Finally they let me sleep again.

In April 2002, I had been on hunger strike for over 120 days. The medical staff checked my blood pressure and found that it was only between 40 and 70, and my heartbeat was weak. I was in a dangerous situation. However, I was not released, nor did they advise my family about my situation. Instead, they took me to the Beijing Police Hospital. They wanted to transfer responsibility to the hospital. When filling out documents, they claimed that I was a criminal detainee. Ten days later I was admitted to the hospital. After they learned that my physical condition had improved greatly, they took me back to the center.

In May 2002, I had been on a hunger strike for more than 150 days. I was extremely weak, and I was tied to a metal bed. The No. 4 team leader Li Jirong carried out brainwashing. Li ordered inmates to swear at me. She feared that I would shout "Falun Dafa is great," so she ordered inmates to tie a bath towel around my mouth tightly. Then she poured water on the bath towel while hitting my nose very hard, causing excruciating pain. I almost fainted. She laughed and said, "I am supplying you with water." Realizing that I was not going to give in, Li Jirong and a few inmates dragged me around. Then she tied my feet to the bed, which caused excruciating pain.

They tortured me for 9 months. In April 2002, when they realized that they could not break me, they put me on a steel bed. They handcuffed my hands to one side of the bed and my feet to the other side. Then, Li said: "I just don't believe that I can't break you. You can be assured that when you are released from this bed, you will be "transformed." If this does not happen, be prepared to die on this bed."

Guard Hu Zihui and a few police officers from the Domestic Security Brigade beat me. They kept slapping my face, punched my chest and kicked the upper part of my leg. I was tied to the metal bed around the clock, and they would not allow me to go to the bathroom. This form of torture is very brutal and causes excruciating pain. During the eight months that I was tied to that bed, I suffered mentally and physically. It was beyond description. Guard Hu Zihui often kicked practitioners. He yelled at me once, "You know who I am - I am the Devil!"

In December 2002, the center staff called for doctors from the Beijing City Tiantanghe Hospital to check me over. I was extremely weak, and I was near death. My limbs had atrophied. If I had been tied up longer, I would have been paralyzed. Only because the guards and authorities at the center were too afraid of accepting any responsibility for my death, I was finally released from the bed. I could barely stand and my limbs could not function for quite some time.

I was illegally detained for fifteen months, from December 5, 2001 to February 25, 2003. During that time, I demanded to appeal to the government and to hire an attorney. They denied my requests out of fear that their crimes would be exposed in the process.

(Clearwisdom.net)

1. Ms. Wang Xinyan, 30, a Falun Gong practitioner in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, was sentenced to three years of forced labor. She was force fed by the guards after she went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution, and her term was extended without cause. She was also physically abused and beaten because she insisted on doing the exercises. When she shouted, "Falun Dafa is good," she was pushed down to the ground and had her mouth covered.

2. Ms. Peng Chunxia, 30, from Shenzhen City, was not released after serving a three-year term in a forced labor camp. She was monitored by four criminals assigned by the guards. The criminal inmates tied her hands and feet and sealed her mouth even through the night. They beat her until she was covered with bruises. This was done whenever she shouted, "Falun Dafa is good," did the exercises, or sent righteous thoughts. The guards tied her up, saying that she had gone mad and that they were tying her up to protect other prisoners.

3. Ms. Feng Liping, 30, a practitioner in Shenzhen City, was sentenced to one year of forced labor, which was then extended by one month because she protested the persecution. During this time, she was physically abused and subjected to sleep deprivation, which made her very weak. When she fell ill, the guards accused her of pretending to be sick.

4. Ms. Ye Wei, 40, a practitioner in Shenzhen City, was sentenced three years of forced labor, and her term was extended by two months because she protested the persecution. She was also not allowed to take showers or go to the restroom when she needed to for one month because she refused to follow the camp regulations. Her family faced difficulties while they tried to visit her. She was secretly transferred to a brainwashing center the day she was released from the forced labor camp.

5. Ms. Liu Qiu, 40, a practitioner in Zhuhai City, was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor, and then her term was extended by one month. She was still detained in the forced labor camp, where she was physically abused and subjected to sleep deprivation. When the criminal who monitored her reported to the guard that Ms. Liu was very weak, the guard said that the hospital would take care of it and not to worry about it.

6. Ms. Wang Xiaoyuan, 50, is a practitioner from the Doumen District in Zhuhai City. She had been in very good health, but when she was released after 19 months in the forced labor camp, she needed to be carried out by three people. It was reported that the guards tortured her brutally, including beating her and forcing her to stand in a fixed position for long periods of time, which led to her being unable to walk or take care of herself. However, the camp authorities still did not release her on medical parole. Instead, two criminals were designated to monitor her.

Ms. He Xueping, 30, another practitioner from the Doumen District in Zhuhai City; Ms. Hu Yating and Ms. Liang Shiqiong from Zhaoqing City; Ms. Zeng Binlan from Zhongshan City; and Ms. Chen Yufang, 50, from Meizhou City experienced similar persecution in the Guangdong Women's Forced Labor Camp.

Other practitioners persecuted there include: Ms.Wang Chuanyun, Ms. Li Jianying, Ms. Zhong Yanhong, Ms. Wang Xiangui, Ms. Chen Ailan, Ms. Wan Yi, and Ms. Yue Ling.

Guards in the Guangdong Provincial Women's Forced Labor Camp:

Tang Xiangping, the head of a brigade.

Wang Yan, Chen Zifang, and Yang Weiyan, unit chiefs

Lian Shanshan, Song Yuanyuan, Wang Huan, Deng Qiudi, Liang Yuzhen, Tian Yali, Hou Shaoli, Dai Shanshan, Luo Xiaoling, Wei Pingheng, Li Lingyun, Liu Haiyan, Gu Yuhong, Xiao Hui, Deng Limin, Lin Dan, and He Sheng.

Criminal inmates designated to monitor practitioners:

Bai Yu, Sun Shufeng (aka Sun Ping), Li Chunxia (from Zhanjiang City), Li haixia (from Anhui Province), Zhou Shaoxia, Ren Xiajuan, Chen Miao (from Zhaojiang City), Li Xiaoyan, Chen Shufen (from Zhaojiang City), Zhou Hui, Li Yanlan (from Shunde City), He Lifang (from Shenzhen City), Chen Xiaojun, and Xie Xinrong (from Zhanjiang City)Wang Yan, the unit chief of Team 3, camp area No.1, is in charge of the persecution of practitioners. He once grabbed a practitioner by her hair and pressed her head to the ground. Wang had criminals be violent toward practitioners, and also personally tortured practitioners. He forced them to remain standing in fixed poses for long periods of time, subjected them to sleep deprivation, and forced them to watch TV programs that slandered Dafa.

Every incoming practitioner is isolated in a room and subjected to violent brainwashing by two or three criminals. There are six teams in the Guangdong Provincial Women's Forced Labor Camp, and Team 3 was set aside for the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.

(Clearwisdom.net) There have been numerous recent reports of the persecution of practitioners in China. The Chinese Communist government promised the world that they would improve human rights status in China for the Olympics. They didn't fulfill their promise; instead, they tightened their controls and increased the persecution and threats to Chinese citizens. The following incident is just one example.

On July 18, 2008, officers from the Dafengying Township Police Station, Justice Bureau and the township government illegally searched several practitioners' homes in Shenzhou City, Hebei Province. Led by the deputy chief officer of the township, Zhang Manzhen, Fu Guangyue (from Fujiazhuang Village, Dafengying Township) and police chief Ge Tiancong, groups of six or more government agents searched the homes of over one hundred practitioners.

At each home, the agents checked the rooftop for the presence of a satellite dish. Then they ransacked every room, looking for Falun Gong books or truth-clarification materials. If they found anything, they extorted money from the practitioner (fines of between 7,000 to 10,000 yuan). Practitioners unable to pay the fines were arrested. When the agents could not find any materials, they questioned practitioners as to whether they still practiced Falun Gong.

The agents also went to other cities to search practitioners' homes. Government agents drove to the practitioners' work places and forced them to to return to their homes. Only after these practitioners were subjected to extortion were they allowed to return to work. All practitioners were forced to turn in their Identification cards (ID) to the local police station. Additionally, the township officials required "key practitioners" to report to their villages' party committee office three times a day.

On July 28, the government agents launched a second round of searches of all practitioners' homes. They claimed that someone reported to the authorities that truth-clarification materials had been distributed.

Presently, the homes of over one hundred practitioners have been searched. At least one practitioner was arrested, and 6 others were victims of extortion.

During the Olympics, the Chinese government asked people to carry their ID cards with them whenever they left their homes. At the same time, the government took away practitioners' ID cards, so the practitioners were confined to their homes.

Contact information for the chief of the Dafengying Township Police Station, Shenzhou City, Hebei Province, Ge Tiancong: phone number is of his parents' home: 86-318-3520787.

(Clearwisdom.net) At around 11:20 a.m. on August 4, 2008, more than ten policemen from Xinji Town Police Station of Sanhe City in Hebei Province and several more from the National Security Group of the Sanhe City Police Department arrested Falun Gong practitioner Liu Yonghong. They took him away, and later came back to ransack his home, confiscating printer ink cartridges and other personal items.

Liu Yonghong is now being detained in the Sanhe City Detention Center. His wife is being monitored and followed by police. She was forced into homelessness and her current whereabouts are unknown.

At around 8:30 a.m. on August 5, Liu Yonghong's daughter and son went to Xinji Town Police Station to visit their father. Instead of being allowed to see him, however, they were detained. When the daughter refused to cooperate with deputy chief Liu Qinglai, he threatened her. After that, she was sent to the National Security Group of the Sanhe City Police Department. Because no one could find a reason to hold her, she was released at around 6 p.m.

Policeman Zhang Zhenfeng threatened Liu Yonghong's son, saying that if he would not disclose the whereabouts of his mother, his sister would be detained for 10 days. After he was forced to sign some papers, he was released at around 5 p.m.

In the afternoon, Zhang Zhenfeng and policeman Wu Jianchao arrived at Liu Yonghong's former home. They demanded that his 84-year-old mother tell them the whereabouts of her son and daughter-in-law, though at the time, Liu Yonghong had been arrested already. After that, policeman Wu Jingchao regularly waited inside Liu Yonghong's home, hoping to arrest Liu Yonghong's wife and other Falun Gong practitioners who visited.

People responsible for the persecution:

Zhang Zhenfeng: 86-15932606268 (Cell)
Wu Jianchao: 86-15903268910 (Cell)

Xinji Town Police Station of Sanhe City: 86-316-3552434

Chief, Xia Lianjie: 86-15831653088 (Cell), 86-316-7651868 (Home), 86-316-3553638 (Office)
Deputy Chief Liu Qinglai
Deputy Chief Xing Jianhai: 86-13184737503 (Cell)

Chief for the National Security Group of Sanhe City Police Department, Shi Liandong: 86-316-3115636 (Home), 86-13803269588 (Cell)

Deputy Chief, Yang Xizhong: 86-316-3210196 (Home), 86-13903164642 (Cell)
Jia Zhixue: 86-316-3212291 (Home), 86-13832626910 (Cell)
Policeman, Liu Yong: 86-316-3137261 (Home), 86-13903164642 (Cell)
Meng Haihong: 86-13831501891 (Cell)
Tian Yunling: 86-316-3119086 (Home), 86-13503268174 (Cell)
Li Xianghong: 86-13803163300 (Cell), 86-316-3324508 (Home)

The Detention Center of Sanhe City Police Department: 86-316-3652991Ext.8001
Director of the Detention Center Meng Hongli
Deputy Director Yang Jianfang
Deputy Director Fu Xianghe: 86-316-3111058 (Home)
Wang Wentong: 86-316-3222521 (Home), 86-13931601703 (Cell)

(Clearwisdom.net) Below is a partial report of the persecution of Falun Gong in Yueyang City, Hunan Province.

Domestic Security Division officers from the Lou District of Yueyang City, including Jiang Chao, Fu Wei, Tang Jianmin, and Liu Xiaoping, along with Xie Wei and several others from Jine Police Station in the same district, arrested Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Sun Pinghua. He is an employee of the Yueyang Nitrogen Fertilizer Factory. The arrest took place at work at 10:00 a.m. on March 18, 2008. They took him to the Dongting Hotel, where they interrogated him.

The next day they began torturing him, forcing his left arm over his shoulder and his right arm against his lower back. The police then applied a great deal of force to pull the two hands together and handcuffed them. They also beat him. Because he refused to renounce his belief, the police grabbed his left hand and suddenly jerked it upward, instantly tearing tendons and permanently disabling his left arm below the elbow. A transfer to the Yueyang City Detention Center followed, all the while denying him treatment.

Several months later Sun Pinghua was finally taken to the No. 1 People's Hospital. The diagnosis was a severe stress injury in the left elbow. If Sun does not recover within six months, he may need an amputation.

The police fabricated charges against Sun and submitted a document to the local Procuratorate, in an attempt to sentence him to prison. The case was rejected for lack of evidence. The police then sent him to the Xinkaipu Forced Labor Camp in Changsha City on August 12, 2008.

During this period, Sun's mother, who is in her seventies, visited almost all local government agencies, beseeching official after official on her son's behalf. She has still not seen him since the arrest. Her husband suffers from heart disease. The family has kept the information from him to protect his health.

Sun's wife and daughter saw him for the first time at the Xinkaipu Forced Labor Camp on August 18. His weight has dropped from 85 kg (187 lbs) to 50 kg (110 lbs), and his hollowed cheeks and pallid appearance were a mere shadow of his robust former self, rendering him nearly unrecognizable.

His mother was held outside of the meeting room because she forgot to bring her ID. The authorities ignored her pleas and wouldn't even let her stand in a far corner to look at her son from a distance.

Guards at the Xinkaipu Forced Labor Camp responsible for persecuting Falun Gong include Liu Xiongwen, Li Yue, Mao Wei, Hu Qifeng, Xiong Ying, He Jun, Wu Xiaofeng, Zeng Jiangang, Wu Biao, Luo Junhua, Wen Ruyi, Chen Dayong, Su Yi, Xiao Qiang, Zou Shixiong, Shi Meng, Duan Songhua, Chang Qing, Li Sujun, and Wu Bing.

Ms. Zhou Aimei, 62, is a Yueyang local who worked for the Kangshen Pharmaceutical Co. in the city. Jiang Chao, Tang Jianmin, Li Yonghui, and some others from the Lou District Police Department's Domestic Security Division arrested her at her home and confiscated all of her Falun Gong books on the evening of March 20, 2004. They interrogated her for five days at the Retired Cadres Hotel in Yueyang City. Her work unit later posted bail for her release.

Li and other officials from Jinpen Police Department in Yueyang City arrested Ms. Zhou again on June 1, 2004, and held her at Rongjiawan Detention Center in Yueyang County for one month. They extorted 400 yuan from her as a "food fee." In October 2006, four officials, including Li Qiliang and Zhao Wenhua from the Junshan District Police Department's Domestic Security Division, and Ji Guanyi from Yueyang City Police Department Domestic Security Division, took part in yet another arrest. After 13 hours of interrogation, they took her to the Hubin Custody Center and detained her there for 15 days.

Someone reported Ms. Zhou on May 31, 2008, as she was exposing lies hatched against Falun Gong to members of the public in Sanjiaoxian, the Lou District. Four officers from Luxianting Police Station in the Lou District arrested her and interrogated her for six hours and subsequently held her at the Hubin Custody Center for ten days.

Ms. Wang Taoying, 72, a Yueyang local, was diagnosed with terminal-stage stomach cancer in 1997. The doctor told her that she had three months to live. She began practicing Falun Gong when all other options had been exhausted. Miraculously, the tumor disappeared and her health was restored after two months. She went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong on December 21, 1999. The police intercepted her at the Beijing Train Station and arrested her because she refused to curse Falun Gong's founder. They held her in a basement on Changhou Street in Beijing for four days and confiscated 300 yuan in cash that she carried with her, before they compelled officials from her workplace to take her back.

Her bosses withheld about 1,000 yuan of her salary in retaliation. Four officials from the Jine Police Station in the Lou District, including Ouyang Hua and Jiang Zejun, arrested her at her home in January 2001 and held her at Yueyang City Detention Center for more than three months. They extorted 1,000 yuan from her as a "ransom fee," in addition to a 1,200 yuan "food fee." While in detention, guard Huang Jiao slapped her face, and the officials force-fed her.

Six officials, including Ouyang Hua, Jiang Zejun, and Song from the Jine Police Station, along with Ju Zhi and Zhao Wenhua from the Junshan District Domestic Security Division, arrested her at home yet again in May 2001. They incarcerated her at Yueyang City Detention Center for more than three months until she developed symptoms of a critical illness. Her family took her home on a stretcher after being extorted out of 1,000 yuan. Eight officials, including Ouyang Hua, Jiang Zejun, Song from the Jine Police Station and Yu Zhihe, Zhao Wenhua and Li Qiliang from the Junshan District Domestic Security Division, arrested her at home in October 2001 and held her at the Rongjiawan Detention Center for 41 days.

Ms. Guo Shujie, 51, a factory worker and a Yueyang local, left home for Beijing to petition for Falun Gong on December 26, 2000. Plainclothes agents arrested her in Wuhan. Xiao Xiaofan and several others from the Yuehua Police Department took her back to Yuehua and interrogated her for three days, followed by a three-month incarceration at the Changling Detention Center. After that, she was subjected to 14 days of nonstop propaganda sessions at the Yuehua Brainwashing Center. She was extorted out of 3,120 yuan, 300 yuan of which was paid in Wuhan and 2,820 yuan in Yuehua.

Ms. Liu Yuelan, 61, persevered in her belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and went to Beijing in early 2000. The police arrested her in Tiananmen Square and held her in a Beijing detention facility for four days. Officials from the Luowang Police Station picked her up and took her back to Yueyang, where they immediately put her into the Yueyang Women's Labor Camp for two months. During this time they savagely force-fed her with complete disregard for her life and well being. They released her only when she was near death.

Tang Jianmin from the Lou District Domestic Security Division, Yan from Jine Police Station, and several others arrested her at her home on January 21, 2003. They ransacked the residence and took some Falun Gong books and pictures depicting Falun Gong's founder. They interrogated her for 24 hours at the Ruifeng Hotel and held her at the Yueyang City Detention Center for more than four months. They force-fed her and tortured her until she was blind in her right eye. They also extorted 1,400 yuan from her for "living expenses."

Ms. Wu Lanying, 70, and her husband Huang Yingduan, 75, went to the city Office of Appeals on December 22, 1999, to explain to the authorities the benefits they experienced from Falun Gong practice. They were told to sit and wait. Little did they know that in the meantime, petition officials phoned the police and their employers. The couple refused to cooperate with any of the officials and went back home. However, several officers from Wuli Police Station in the Lou District and three officials from the Highway Bureau broke into their home minutes after they stepped in the door. They took the couple to the police station, photographed and fingerprinted them. They were held at Hubin Custody Center for 15 days and were extorted out of 600 "yuan" for a "food fee."

Ms. Wang Liping, 44, set off for Beijing on January 1, 2000. Officials from the Baishiling Police Department intercepted her at the Yueyang Train Station. After 24 hours of interrogation, they sent her to the Yueyang City Detention Center for 11 days, and later to the Changling Detention Center, where she was held for one day. She was extorted out of 3,000 yuan and her employers bailed her out.

(Clearwisdom.net) Since July 20, 1999, CCP authorities in Handan City, Hebei Province, have launched a brutal persecution against Falun Gong practitioners, which led to more than 30 deaths and many more practitioners being persecuted to disability, sentenced to jail or forced labor camp, as well as being sent to detention centers. In addition, many of their family members were also victimized by the persecution, losing their jobs or having to discontinue their studies.

Since early this year, Cao Zhixia, the director of Handan's 610 Office; Zhou Gaojiang, Handan's CCP secretary of Political & Law Committee; Li Guihong, the director of Handan Police Department; Wang Hongqin, deputy director of Handan Police Department; Lu Ming; Bai Hongyin; Jiang Dongfu; Wang Jun; Zhang Zhenhai; Guo Yunxin; and Shi Baozhong, as well as the head of Handan's National Security Team Dong Dongli; commissar Wang Junyue; deputy chiefs Jin Yubin and Shao Bingwei; and Li Liang, Li Zengbao, and Qi Yafang from the Internet Monitoring Team have persecuted practitioners, using the "the security of the Olympic games" as an excuse.

Mr. Wang Zhiwu had already completed his three-year term of forced labor in March 2008, but the labor camp authorities did not release him. Mr. Wang's family went to the forced labor to ask for his release, but the camp authorities lied , saying that he was already sent home. So the family went to the local police station, where officials there said that they did not know anything. The family thought they might find some clues at the police sub-bureau. While there, they were sent over to the 610 Office. However, Mr. Wang's family failed to find any person in charge of the 610 Office. They finally learned that the forced labor camp had failed to "transform" Wang Zhiwu, so the Handan Police Department 610 Office transfered him to a brainwashing center directly across from the forced labor camp. His family does not know where or how he is.

In late March 2007, officials including Dong Dongli, the head of Handan's National Security Bureau; Wang Junyue, a commissar; Li Zengbao, the head of Handan's Internet Censorship Group; Qi Yafeng, a commissar; Zhang Chunsheng, the head of a Web-monitoring Section; Wand Leiming, the director of Liuyuan Police Station; and Duan Dongmei, the political instructor, took Ms. Hou Haiping away and searched her home. Ms. Hou had just assumed the directorship of a local office of the Bank of China before her arrest. Now she is in Handan's No. 2 Detention Center.

At about 7:00 a.m. on March 21, 2008, police from Hanshan District in Handan City broke into practitioner Ms. Jiao Shuzhen's house and confiscated a computer, printer, and other personal belongings, as well as her electric bicycles, and took her to Handan's No.2 Detention Center. It was said that her case was transferred to Handan's Prosecutor.

Mr. Qin Zhongke, 65, a retired senior engineer from Handan's Steel Group, was taken away along with his wife by officers from Luochengtou Police Station of Handan City, and their TV, DVD player, computer, printer, and 80 yuan in cash were confiscated. Mr. Qin's wife is now home, but Mr. Qin Zhongke is still in Handan's No.1 Detention Center.

(Clearwisdom.net) There are two mysterious facilities in the Daxing District, which is located in the southern part of Beijing. There is a lot of farmland in the Daxing District, with many elaborate gardens. There are castles near some of these gardens. Many visitors went to Beijing during the Olympic Games. If any foreign journalist or tourist is interested in these places, please go take a look.

Those grand gates look like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris or that of a luxurious hotel. Red tiles and walls can be seen behind some of the high walls. There is electrified wire on the tops of these high walls. They are two facilities that serve as prisons and forced labor camps.

Center I

Center II

What other country has such extensive facilities for detaining people in its capital city? Moreover, we have not counted the detention centers and prisons that are scattered throughout other districts and counties in Beijing. What do you think? Is it worth visiting? Let's take a general view via Google Earth.

Tianhe Dispatch Center for Prisoners from outside of Beijing

Tianhe Dispatch Center, prison area

Prisoners from outside of Beijing but sentenced in Beijing and many Falun Gong practitioners that were "illegally sentenced" are imprisoned here. They will be dispatched to prisons throughout the country. The office area is in the south, while the agricultural field where the prisoners labor is to the north.

Prisoners work inside the buildings. The small yard in the lower left hand corner is a place that people will want to avoid by all means.

Beijing Women's Prison

Beijing Women's Prison, new prison area

In the past, the women's prison in Beijing was confined only to a small block located in the south, where there are gray castles as well as the office area in the west. However, with the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong, this women's prison was expanded. Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Dong Cui was beaten to death there. Ms. Xu Na, wife of Mr. Yu Zhou, a musician and practitioner who died just months before the Olympic Games, was also severely tortured there.

Beijing City Prison

The Beijing Prison was known as the "South Building" because its prison area is a soldier's camp called "South Building" before the CCP came into power. At that time, there was only one three-story building in the entire Daxing area. This unique building was turned into a prison.

Beijing Forced Labor Dispatch Center

Dispatch Center, prison area

Don't be deceived by the spacious garden outside the office area and the beautiful gate. Located here is the notorious Beijing Forced Labor Dispatch Center. Almost all of the forced laborers in Beijing, most of whom are Falun Gong practitioners that have been illegally arrested, are sent here from detention centers in different districts of Beijing. In time they will be sent to the Beijing Forced Labor Camp or labor camps in other provinces.

This place is sometimes called "hell on earth" not only because of the hard labor and the strict rules, but more importantly, because of the isolation and cruel tortures that take place all the time. The path beside the middle of the square is where many people were forced to squat down with their hands on their heads for the first time. Many were shocked with electric batons and dragged over the ground just because they refused to squat.

The semi-circular yard hidden behind the building to the far left is the training center. Informants have reported that after the persecution and torture of Falun Gong practitioners in the training center in Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp were exposed to the world, many firm practitioners were transferred here.

Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp

Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp, prison area

Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp, which is located due west of the Dispatch Center, is where male Falun Gong practitioners are detained. The big garden to the south of the road is the office area, while the prison area is north of the road. They set aside the grassy area in the front yard of the prison to be like a zoo. However, they are no less cruel just because there are birds in the yard. Mr. Peng Junguang, a practitioner from Huairou, Beijing, was beaten to death here.

Tiantanghe Forced Labor Camp/Law Training Center

Law Training Center, Expansion Section

There are fewer women criminals than men. That's why the formerly named Tiantanghe Forced Labor Camp, the women's labor camp, was so small. The "L" shaped house with a small yard in the northeast corner of the camp is the training center. During the first two years of the persecution, the police used electrical wire to bind female practitioners together and then shocked them with a generator. The practitioners soon developed blisters all over their bodies.

After the CCP started persecuting Falun Gong, many practitioners who refused to give up the practice were sentenced to a forced labor camp. At least half were female. Tiantanghe Forced Labor Camp was soon full. The women's forced labor camp has changed its address several times.

After the women's labor camp moved in 2001, the old facility was used as a legal training center. In earlier days it was used as a brainwashing center. Groups of practitioners were brainwashed and tortured there. Later, it was turned into a secret concentration center. Falun Gong practitioners, Buddhist monks, and Christians were detained there secretly. As far as outsiders were concerned, the detained people were missing. Nobody knows how many people have been tortured to death here. In 2003, this concentration center was expanded to the north.

Xin'an Forced Labor Camp

Buildings in the Xin'an Forced Labor Camp, prison area

Xin'an Forced Labor Camp used to hold male drug abusers. After Tiantanghe Labor Camp was full, the male forced laborers were sent to Northeast China. Then it became another place to torture female Falun Gong practitioners. The women's prison is located in the south, across the road. However, after 2003, Xin'an Labor Camp was too small to hold all the Falun Gong practitioners who were sentenced to forced labor there. The women's labor camp was therefore expanded. It moved again to a newly-built labor camp. What you see here is also an expanded building after the women's labor camp was moved.

The small yard with a door in the southwest corner remains unchanged. That is the training center, where the police tortured female Falun Gong practitioners by means of small metal cages, electric batons, motorcycles, and other devices.

Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp

Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp, main buildings of the prison area

This group of buildings is the notorious Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp. Ms. Wu Junying, a practitioner, was beaten to death when she was detained in this labor camp for the second time.

About 85 percent of the detainees in the Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp are Falun Gong practitioners. There are three prison buildings, and each has three floors. One group of forced laborers, about 120 people, is detained on each floor.

The ¼ arc building hidden behind of the buildings in the east is the training center. It was here that Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Lianying was beaten into a coma and had her skull cracked.

Beijing Juvenile Detention Facility

The Juvenile Detention Facility is located due south of the Forced Labor Dispatch Center. Child workers are used in many Chinese factories. In Chinese forced labor camps, inmates are forced to do slave labor. Those detained in the Juvenile Detention Facility are forced to do such labor.

Chongwen Detention Center

The Chongwen Detention Center is one of the many detention centers in Beijing. Ms. Xu Na, wife of Mr. Yu Zhou, is now detained here.

(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 32 cities or counties in 13 provinces. In this report, 5 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 52 practitioners were illegally arrested.

1. [Pingjiang County, Hunan Province] Mr. Zhan Chunlong in Critical Condition

Mr. Zhan Chunlong is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Pinjiang County. He was illegally arrested on July 9, 2008, and has been detained at Hunan Xinkaipu Forced Labor Camp. Due to the inhuman treatment Mr. Zhan is now in critical condition. He lost a lot of weight and is skin and bones.

2. [Zhao County, Hebei Province] Ms. Lu Shu-E in Critical Condition

Ms. Lu Shu-E, 50, is a practitioner from Lujiazhuang Village, Qiandazhang Town, Zhao County, Hebei Province. Ms. Lu was sentenced to a 4-year term in 2001 and was released in 2005. Ms. Lu was reported to police in late July 2008, when she was exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. Police arrested her and took her to the Zhao County Detention Center. Ms. Lu has been on hunger strike and is in critical condition.

3. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Pan Fengling Arrested

At around 3:00 p.m. on July 25, 2008, police officers from the Liaoning Province Special Police Force and Panjin City Zhenxing Police Station arrested Ms. Pan as she was working in her beauty shop.

4. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Li Feng Arrested

At 6:30 a.m. on August 21, officers from the Baojian Police and Nangang Police Stations arrested Ms. Li Feng, a practitioner from Haxi, Nangang District, Harbin City, at her home. Her home was ransacked and Teacher's picture and some books were confiscated.

5. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Sun Jie Arrested

On August 19, 2008, police from the Guangming Police Station of Wanghua District, Fushun City arrested Ms. Sun Jie. They confiscated Falun Dafa materials.

6. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Chou Sihui and Ms. Chen Shang Arrested

Police arrested Ms. Chou Sihui, a practitioner from Anshan City at her home at 8:00 p.m. on August 20. The next morning, Ms. Chen Shang was arrested when she visited Ms. Chou's home.

7. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Several Practitioners Arrested in Panjin City

On August 18, 2008, police from the Panjin City Police Station arrested practitioners Ms. Gao Xiufeng (58), Ms. Chang Qingxia (in her forties), Ms. Zhou Weirong (in her forties), Ms. Zhu Lin (in her thirties), Mr. Guo Yulong (in his forties), Ms. Meng Qingmei (in her forties), Ms. Pu Yu (40), and Ms. Wang Youmei. Ms. Wang was released on August 20.

Ms. Yang Jingfen was at home when police broke into her home. She fell from the sixth floor due to police violence and died.

8. [Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Ning Yuhuan Arrested

At about 2:00 p.m. on August 19, 2008, Ms. Ning Yuhuan, a practitioner from Liaoyang County, was arrested at her home.

9. [Binzhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Hu Jinfeng Arrested

Ms. Hu Jinfeng, a practitioner from Dudian Development District, was arrested on August 4, 2008, when she was distributing truth clarification CDs. She is currently detained at Binzhou City Detention Center.

10. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Ms. Sun and Ms. Lyu Arrested

Ms. Sun Li and Ms. Lyu, both practitioners from Qingdao City, were arrested on August 18.

11. [Changle County, Shandong Province] Mr. Qiu Quanpu Arrested

Mr. Qiu Quanpu, 70, was arrested on July 9. He is detained in a detention center. The police put shackles on him.

12. [Dongying City, Shandong Province] Ms. Cui Guixia Sentenced Two Years of Forced Labor

Ms. Cui Guixia, a practitioner from Dongying City, Shandong Province, was sentenced two years of forced labor. She was transferred from the Dongying Detention Center to the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp on July 6, 2008.

13. [Gaomi City, Shandong Province] Ms. Sui Mingying Arrested Again

On the morning of July 9, 2008, officers from the Juchenghe Police Station arrested Ms. Sui Miongying, a practitioner from Gejiaqiao Village, Eastern Juchenghe Town, Gaomi City. Ms. Sui was taken to the police station. Her home was ransacked and the police confiscated some Falun Dafa books and truth clarification materials about the persecution of Falun Gong.

In the afternoon, Ms. Sui escaped from the detention center and was forced to become homeless. On the evening of August 18 she was arrested by Juchenghe police and is detained at the Gaomi Detention Center.

14. [Dongying City, Shandong Province] Additional Information about Arrested Practitioners

On July 20, 2008, police from the Guangrao County public security and Daozhuang Township Police Station arrested Mr. Ma Shixiang, Mr. Wang Fan, and Mr. Zhu Xueyi. These practitioners are from Daozhuang Town, Guangrao County, Dongying City.

On August 12, Mr. Ma and Mr. Zhu were taken to the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp to serve a two-year sentence. Mr. Wang was taken to the brainwashing center at the Shengli Oil Mills.

15. [Ganchan City, Hebei Province] Mr. Li Ganglin and Mr. Li Shitou Sentenced to Forced Labor

After Mr. Li Ganglin and Mr. Li Shitou, practitioners from Fuxing District, Ganchan City, Hebei Province, were arrested by officers from the Shenglixiao Police Station, Mr. Li Ganglin was taken to Ganchan Forced Labor Camp, and Mr. Li Shitou to Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp. Both are serving two-year sentences.

16. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Li Ruiling Arrested

On August 18, police arrested Ms. Li Ruiling.

17. [Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Yuan Huaqin and Mr. Gu Ting Arrested

On August 19, 2008, police arrested Ms. Yuan Huaqin, a practitioner from Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. The next day, police ransacked her home and arrested her husband, Mr. Gu Ting, who was taken to the Hongdoushanzhuang Brainwashing Center.

18. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Four Practitioners from No. 27 Research Center Arrested

On August 18, 2008, agents from Zhengzhou Public Security Office and the local police station arrested Ms. Shi (68), Ms. Zhang Yan (42), Ms. Zhou Wenlian (69) and Ms. Dai (60), all practitioners who work at the No. 27 Research Center. Their homes were ransacked.

19. [Pengshan, Sichuan Province] Ms. Wang Yuru Arrested

At around 11:00 a.m. on August 20, 2008, Sichuan practitioner Ms. Wang Yuru and her sister Ms. Wang Shanjun were arrested at Chengxi City, Pengshan. Police ransacked Ms. Wang Yuru's home and confiscated some CDs, Falun Dafa books and money with truth clarification words written on them.

20. [Hanchuan, Sichuan Province] Ms. Peng Liumei and Other Practitioners Arrested

At around 2:30 a.m. on August 18, police from the Ma-an Police Station arrested Ms. Peng Liumei and Ms. Xiao Yanfang, practitioners from Chengguan, Hanchuan. They were hanging truth clarification banners that told of the persecution of Falun Gong in Ma-an Township. They have been taken to Hanchuan First Detention Center.

At around 10:00 p.m. the same day, officers from the Wulidun Police Station in Hanyang arrested Ms. Jiang Ying, They confiscated some Falun Dafa materials from her home.

21. [Yongzhou City, Hunan Province] Mr. Lu Yuexin and Wife Arrested

Ms. Huang Manping, a practitioner from Lanshan, Yongzhou City, was arrested on April 4, 2008. She was explaining the facts about Falun Gong and posting display boards that told of the persecution of Falun Gong, when someone reported her. Ms. Huang and her husband are currently detained at the Lanshan Police Station.

22. [Shiyan City, Hubei Province] Mr. He Guomin Arrested

On August 20, 2008, local police arrested Mr. He Guomin, a practitioner from Chengguan Town, Yunxian City at his home. His home was ransacked and police confiscated Falun Dafa books and truth clarification CDs.

23. [Xiangfan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Ye Lijun Arrested

At about 6:00 p.m. on August 7, 2008, officers from the Tuanshan Police Station of Gaoxin District Branch, Xiangfan City Xiangfan arrested practitioner Ms. Ye Lijun. The police confiscated a computer, a copier, Falun Dafa books, truth clarification materials, a cell phone, and some cash. Ms. Ye was released the next day.

24. [Chongqing City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Yu Yeying Arrested

Ms. Yu Yeying, 64, is a practitioner from Xinhua Village, Chongqing University. On August 8, several officers from the Shapingba Police Station and members of the local residential committee arrested Ms. Yu, who is currently detained at Baiheling Detention Center.

25. [Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] Mr. Zhang Jianhua Taken to Lanzhou Gongjiawan Brainwashing Center

On the afternoon of August 19, 2008, police transferred Mr. Zhang Jianhua from the Xiaoxihu Police Station to the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Center in Lanzhou City.

26. [Guanghan City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Lai Shengrong and Ms. Ren Xinru Arrested

On the evening of August 17, Ms. Lai Shengrong and Ms. Ren Xinru from Sanshui Town, Guanghan City, were arrested.

27. [Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province] Mr. Pu Qingguang and Ms. Yuan Bihong Arrested

On August 6, 2008, Mr. Pu Qingguang and Ms. Yuan Bihong, practitioners from Rongjiang County, Qiandongnanzhou, Guizhou Province, were arrested when they were distributing materials exposing the persecution in Taijiang County, Guizhou Province. They are detained at the Taijiang County Detention Center.

28. [Huanghua City, Hebei Province] Ms. Cheng Rulin Sentenced to Fourteen-Years of Imprisonment

Ms. Cheng Rulin has been sentenced to serve a fourteen-year term.

29. [Yichang City, Hubei Province] Plainclothes Police Handcuff the Elderly

At around 8:00 a.m. on August 10, 2008, Ms. Xiao Zhengyang, 60, a practitioner from Yichang, Hubei Province, was arrested by plainclothes police when she was exposing the persecution of Falun Gong at a shop in Xiling District. Her situation is unknown.

30. [Gaomi City, Shandong Province] Ms. Tan Xiuying Arrested

At around 3:00 p.m. on August 20, officers from Gaomi City Police Station ransacked the home of Ms. Tan Xiuying and arrested her.

31. [Changzhou City, Hunan Province] Ms. Yuan Huaqin and Her Husband Taken to a Brainwashing Center

At around 8:00 p.m. on August 19, 2008, officers from the Xinfengjie Police Station arrested Ms. Yuan Huaqin, a practitioner from Yonghong Street, Changzhou City, when she was distributing materials about the persecution of Falun Gong. Ms. Yuan was taken to the brainwashing center located at Changrui Hotel. On the morning of August 20, the police ransacked Ms. Yuan's home and arrested her husband. He also was taken to the brainwashing center.

32. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Mr. Lu Jin Arrested

On August 18, 2008, Mr. Lu Jin of Wuhan City was arrested on his way home from work. He was detained at the local police station and taken to the Chenjiaji Brainwashing Center.

33. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Guo Jian Arrested

Mr. Guo Jian is a taxi driver in Shenyang. Someone reported him to police after he handed money with a truth clarification message to a customer. On August 19, half a dozen of policemen from the Xinxing Police Station of Heping District arrested Mr. Guo and ransacked his home. A computer and a printer were confiscated. Mr. Guo is detained at a detention center.

34. [Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province] Ms. Ma Guonyu Illegally Detained and Sentenced

Ms. Ma Guonyu, 53, is a practitioner from Xinjian Town, Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province. She has been detained and taken to a forced labor camp multiple times because she was clarifying the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong. Ms. Ma was arrested in April of 2006. She was sentenced to a 4-year term and is detained at the Hangzhou Women's Prison.

35. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Liu Xiandong Arrested

Mr. Liu Xiandong, practitioner from Yanhuangdi Village, Yemaotai Township, Faku County, was arrested on August 18.

36. [Xintai City, Shandong Province] Mr. Mi Chengjie Sentenced Two Years in Forced Labor Camp

On July 4, police arrested Mr. Mi Chenfjie. Ma Yan, director of the Xintai City Public Security, was in charge. He brought along police from the Minnan Town 610 Office and police from the Wennan Police Station. On August 10, Mr. Mi was fired by his place of employment. He was sentenced to two years of forced labor.

(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes persecution incidents that took place in 20 cities or counties in 8 provinces. In this report, 9 Falun Gong practitioners were subjected to brutal mistreatment during detention, and at least 49 practitioners were illegally arrested.

On May 19, 2008, Mr. Zhao Honglian from Lizigou, Fushun City, Liaoning Province, clarified the truth about the persecution to people at the Wanxin Food Market in Dongzhou District. He was reported to the police and taken to the Nangou Detention Center. On the same day, police officers from Laohutai Police Station, Dongzhou District, searched his home; they took away Falun Dafa books and flyers and a picture of Master Li, the founder of Falun Dafa.

Late at night on August 29, 2008, police officers, from Wanli Police Station and Guangming Police Station of Jinzhou District, broke into the home of Mr. Xiao Fang and took away a picture the symbol of Falun Dafa. They also arrested Ms. Liu Hairong, Mr. Xiao Fang and Ms. Li Xin, from Jinzhou District.

On the night of August 20, 2008, as Ms. Qu Shuqing, from Bin County, Heilongjiang Province, was putting up posters about the persecution of Falun Gong, she was arrested by police officers from the Wenhua Street Police Station. Her Falun Dafa books and materials were confiscated. She is now being held at Bin County No. 2 Detention Center.

On August 7, 2008, Ms. Ma Sufen from Zhoujia, Dashiqiao City, Liaoning Province, was arrested by officers from Zhoujia Police Station, while she was printing truth-clarification materials. She is now being held in a detention center.

On August 17, 2008, Mr. Yao Wancheng was reported to the police for clarifying the truth about Falun Dafa to two laborers. He was arrested by police officers and taken to Dalian City Detention Center.

Around 1:30 a.m. on April 24, 2008, police officers from Mingshan Police Station broke into the home of Mr. Xiong Anming and Ms. Zhang Yulan. They confiscated a large sum of money and other personal belongings. They were both taken to the Mingshan Police Station. Xiong Anming has been sentenced and Zhang Yulan was allowed to return home because on an injured leg.

Mingshan Police Station, Benxi City: 86-13941499145,86-13904949786

On the morning of August 5, 2008, Ms. Huang Qiaoqin, from Xinqu, Pudong, and Xiao Luo from Anhui were arrested.

On the morning of August 21, 2008, Ms. Sheng Meiqin (around 50 years old) from Laixi District was arrested by police officers from Laixi. Her computer and other belongings were confiscated.

On April 26, 2008, Ms. Liu Yanmei and Ms. Du Yonglan from Puwang Town, Yinan County, were arrested by police officers from Hutou Town Police Station, as they were handing out truth-clarification materials. They were both sentenced to three years of forced labor by the Yinan County Public Security Bureau. They were sent to Jinan No. 1 Women's Forced Labor Camp, and their families are not allowed to visit them.

On June 25, 2008, Mr. Nie Yubao from Puwang Town, was sentenced to one year of forced labor by the Yinan County Public Security Bureau. He was sent to the Shangdong No. 2 Forced Labor Camp.

Ms. Du Dengxiang was sentenced to one year of forced labor by the Yinan County Public Security Bureau. She was sent to Shangdong No. 1 Women's Forced Labor Camp in June 2008.

On July 9, 2008, Ms. Kong Qian was arrested by officers from the Weifang 610 Office and the City Public Security Bureau. She is now detained at the Weifang Detention Center. The guards deprived her of sleep and interrogated her countless times every day. She went on a hunger strike to protest the abuse, and was then subjected to brutal force-feeding.

On August 20, 2008, Ms. Su Dezhen from Maying Village, Jianta Township, Langfang City, was reported to the police for telling people about the persecution of Falun Dafa. Her whereabouts is currently unknown.

Ms. Wang Baoxia from Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou City, was arrested on July 18, 2008, by police officers from the Dihu Police Station, Zhongyuan District. Her computer and photocopier were confiscated. Wang Baoxia is detained at the Zhengzhou City No. 2 Detention Center.

Yang Peixin and others from the Zhengzhou Sub-bureau domestic security division arrested practitioners Mr. Xu Xieqia, Ms. Li Ruifen, Ms. Yang Rongsheng, Mr. Zhu Yunlong, Ms. Meng Qiaolian, Ms. Shen Li, Mr. Zhang Jinghe, Mr. Li and Mr. Wang.

From June to August 2008, Li Sen, Chief of the Zhengzhou 27 Sub-bureau security division, had arrested Mr. Wang Xinyou, Mr. Sun Lingbo, Ms. Wang Xiulan, Mr. Li Tianshun and wife, Ms. Li Na, Ms. Bai Jialing, Ms. Wang Ling, Ms. Dong Mei, Ms. Yang Xianfang, Ms. Wang Shuxian, Ms. Liu Guirong, Ms. Guo Shuxin, Mr. Guo Baojun, Mr. Guo Chuanjun, Ms. Chen Yongzhu, Mr. Zhang Xiaosan, Ms. Han Yanling, Ms. Han Yulan, Ms. Chen Ping's mother and daughter. More than 20 Falun Dafa practitioners in total. Most of them suffered mistreatment in the detention center.

On May 26, 2008, Ms. Yan Jing was arrested by Wang Zhenfu, Chief of the Domestic Security Division in Guancheng District Sub-bureau. Police tortured her with a method called "roasting a whole sheep" for over three hours, and only stopped this torture when she was on the verge of death. As a result, Yan Jing's mental state deteriorated and she could not walk. Due to the continuous torture, she became critically ill and was sent to Zhengzhou City Center Hospital for emergency on August 20, 2008.

At the end of July 2008, police officers from Tiangongying Township, Xinji City, went Ms. Yan Xia's, home. They forcefully took away a picture of the founder of Falun Dafa along with other items. Yan Xia went to the township government to clarify the truth about Falun Gong, but was sent to Xinji Forced Labor Camp, which left her disabled husband alone at home and without care.

On August 17, 2008, Ms. Ren Qingru and Mr. Lai Shigui from the No. 3 brigade, Sanshui Town, Guanghan City, Sichuan Province were arrested by officers from the Sanshui Town Police Station when they were handing out truth-clarification materials.

On the morning of August 21, 2008, officers from the Nagang District Domestic Security Division broke into the home of Ms. Li Feng, from Longjiang Measuring Appliance. They arrested her and searched her home; they confiscated a notebook, printer, Dafa books, truth-clarification materials and approximately 13,000 yuan in cash.

Ms. Dong Chunhua (around 50 years old) from Zuocun Town, Laizhou City, Shandong Province, was arrested on August 8, 2008. Her home was searched and Dafa books, a picture of Master Li, Falun Dafa materials, a computer and printer were confiscated. Her daughter, Na Na, a non-practitioner, said to the police, "Falun Dafa is good," and then she was also taken into custody. Both were taken to the Laizhou City Detention Center.

On the night of January 18, 2005, Ms. Zhao Chunhua, a 43-year-old steel worker from Beijing Steel Corporation Qianan Steel Mill, was reported to the police for handing out truth-clarification materials. She was arrested and her home was searched by police officers from Qianan City Public Security Bureau 610 Office. A computer, printer and Falun Dafa books were confiscated, and they took 30,000 yuan from her. Later, Zhao Chunhua was sent to Hehuakeng Forced Labor Camp for one year, and was fired by the Beijing Steel mill.

After 9 a.m. on August 20, 2008, police officers from Qianan City Public Security Bureau and Yangdianzi Town Police Station, arrested Zhao Chunhua, and confiscated her Falun Dafa materials. Zhao Chunhua's whereabouts is currently unknown.

On August 22, 2008, Yi Shuyin from Qing'an County, was arrested by officers from Huansheng Township Police Station and County Domestic Security Division for telling people about the persecution of Falun Gong.

On August 20, 2008, Ms. Liu Qingrong from Hongan County, had her truth-clarification materials taken by police officers from Macheng Train Station. Officers from Macheng Train Station and Macheng 610 Office later arrested Liu Qingrong. On August 21, Liu Qingrong's home was searched, and a picture of Master Li and Falun Dafa books were confiscated.

(Clearwisdom.net) A "Solemn Declaration" is a person's public statement to the world that whatever he or she has done or said under duress or deception that was against Falun Dafa is null and void. These statements have come from Falun Dafa practitioners in China who wish to express regret that, in the face of physical torture and brainwashing, they signed documents renouncing Dafa and guaranteeing not to practice again. Now, they hereby declare their intention to resume practicing Falun Dafa.

Here are some examples of the Solemn Declarations:

• Dafa Practitioners' Solemn Statements [7/31/2008]
• Solemn Declarations by Young Dafa Practitioners [6/1/2008]
• Solemn Declarations By People Who Have Awakened to the Truth about Falun Gong [7/8/2008]

Please click here for more Solemn Declarations

(Clearwisdom.net) Chinese officials did not approve a single application for a protest permit during the recent Olympics despite having established three official "protest zones." Instead, people that had applied for permits were arrested and deported (in the case of most foreigners), or simply disappeared. According to reports by the BBC, Wu Dianyuan and Wang Xiuying, two women in their 70s, filed applications to protest being evicted from their homes. Instead of being allowed to protest, they were arrested and sentenced to one year of "re-education through labor." Official reports later claimed that their sentences were rescinded, the result of official attempts at damage control in the wake of an overwhelmingly negative international response.

Mounting evidence shows the Communist regime uses the labor re-education system as a tool to crack down on anyone that expresses dissatisfaction with the government. Human rights groups in China who have long expressed concerns over the laogai system and its abusive and unchecked power. The system can be traced back to the "Decision Regarding the Issue of Re-education Through Labor" published by the State Department in 1957, stating that its function is to "reform" the minds of detainees through "mandatory labor" (translation: forced labor or slave labor) and "political ideological work" (translation: brainwashing). The Chinese Communist Party secretly brainwashes and tortures Falun Gong practitioners, members of any unofficially sanctioned religious group, civil rights activists, lawyers and dissidents in these so-called "re-education through labor" camps under cover of this "law."

Falun Gong exposed the labor re-education system for what it truly is--a mechanism that operates under a thin veneer of legitimacy but which in fact, is against the law, hiding behind its own twisted and arbitrary interpretation of the law and it's ability to arbitrarily send innocent people to the camps without trial or representation from a lawyer.

Many other buildings and campuses all over China are labeled as "Legal Education Schools," places where criminals are allegedly "educated, and their hearts and minds touched by the warm and tender care of Party officials," while in fact it is widely known that these places are nothing more than torture and brainwashing centers where no method is spared in attempts to make Falun Gong practitioners recant their beliefs.

Police can send anyone directly to a labor camp without a trial, or even without filing any charges. Many labor camp detainees are Falun Gong practitioners because the forced labor camp system offers Chinese authorities the easiest and most convenient way to persecute people who have not committed any crime.

Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin ordered the country's police to "annihilate [Falun Gong] physically, bankrupt them financially, ruin their reputation." He told officials that if they "beat [Falun Gong practitioners] to death, count it as suicide; do not identify the body and cremate it promptly." Hence 3,175 Falun Gong practitioners are confirmed dead as a direct result of persecution. Millions of others have been shocked with electric electric batons and undergone round-the-clock brainwashing sessions in that dark abyss of the "re-education through labor" camps. And it continues to this day.

Some types of torture that are typical inside labor camps include being kept in handcuffs and shackles, being back-cuffed, being restrained in interconnected cuffs [handcuffs and shackles are locked together so one cannot move], all for prolonged periods of time; being subjected to water dungeons or the feces pool, the Death Bed, the Tiger Bench, squatting in place, being tied with ropes, having nails or needles hammered into one's fingertips, pinching the flesh with pliers, pulling off the nails with pliers, dripping acid into the nostrils, force-feeding hunger strikers with hot-pepper water, salt water, drugs and feces, inserting thick plastic tubes into the victim's stomach through the nostrils, pouring cold water over the head, stripping the victim naked and throwing them out into the snow or sweltering heat, forbidding restroom use, sexual abuse including throwing women into cells filled with male inmates, rape, forced abortion, psychiatric abuse including the injection of potent drugs that damage the nervous system and the use of electric needles, encouraging criminal inmates to attack Falun Gong practitioners by rewarding them with sentence reductions.

In an article entitled, "Issue in China: Many in Jails Without Trial" published in May 2005 in the New York Times, author Jim Yardley calls Chinese labor camps places that "still remains outside the law." Only heaven knows what horrors take place inside those high walls, with so many atrocities being disguised as "re-education through labor." Hopefully, people around the world will pay attention to this monstrous system, so that together we can end the brutal persecution of Falun Gong and restore justice to those who've been so long denied it.

(Clearwisdom.net) On August 31, 2008, the Toronto Branch of the Tianti Bookstore was launched in the Luohu shopping center in busy central Chinatown. The bookstore primarily carries Falun Dafa books, audio and video materials. It is the second bookstore to only carry Falun Dafa books since the first one was launched in New Jersey in April 2007.

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Opening ceremony of Tianti Bookstore, Toronto Branch

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Celebration for the opening ceremony

Large posters in both Chinese and English were hung outside the windows of the bookstore. The large signboard with golden words on a blue background was eye-catching. The inside of the bookstore is sparsely decorated. Falun Dafa founder Master Li's series of books, audio and video materials in different languages are arranged on the bookshelves. Many people gathered inside and outside the bookstore to celebrate the grand opening.

Ms. Kerry, who used to work in a foreign-owned enterprise in China, was moved by the bookstore's opening. She said, "Before the CCP initiated the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1997, bookstores and stalls carried Falun Gong books. In January 1996, Zhuan Falun was listed as one of the ten best sellers by Beijing Youth Daily."

"Once I went to a small book stall near a university to buy books. The stall owner was an old man who raised his grandson with the little income he made from selling books. When I paid him according to the price printed on the book, he returned some money to me. Seeing that I was reluctant to accept it, he said, 'I read the book Zhuan Falun though I am not a practitioner. I know this is a book that teaches people to be good. When one more person reads it and practices Falun Gong, there will be one more good person in the world. Thus I don't make money by selling Falun Gong books. I just sell the books for the exact cost I paid for them."

(Clearwisdom.net) A twelve-day Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibition opened in the art gallery of Pingtung High School accompanied by a musical performance on Sept. 1, 2008. Mr. Li Liangmo, Principal of National Pingtung Senior High School, President Liu Qingzhong of National Pingtung University of Education, Pingtung County Council Member Li Shibin, Xinyi Elementary School Principal Shi Zhujuan, Secretary of Pingtung City Government Wang Wenkui, Representative of Pingtung citizens Chen Meiqiong, Owner of Yiyi Bookstore Zhou Huibin and others attended the opening ceremony.

Mr. Li Liangmo, Principal of National Pingtung Senior High School, hopes Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance will take root in his school.

President Liu Qingzhong of National Pingtung University of Education

Pingtung County Council Member Li Shibin

Ms. Chen Meiqiong, representative of Pingtung citizens, saddened by the painting "Homeless".

Saichia Elementary Principal Yang Qiunan

Mr. Li Liangmo gave a welcoming speech as the host of the art exhibition. He said he wanted to encourage students to visit the exhibition and wished the spirit of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance would take root in Pingtung Senior High.

President Liu Qingzhong of National Pingtung University of Education praised the touring art exhibition for promoting the truth of universal values.

Pingtung County Council Member Li Shibin started his speech with "Falun Dafa is great!" He said only great artists could create great artwork. The art exhibition would certainly awake more people in the East and the West and make them cast aside the evil.

Ms. Chen Meiqiong, representative of Pingtung citizens, had heard about the persecution a long time ago. She was touched by three pieces of artwork and deeply saddened by the painting "Homeless", which showed a little girl in tears after losing her family in the persecution.

The exhibition is composed of more than forty pieces of art by a dozen Falun Gong practitioners. Their lively and heart-warming artwork displays splendid realms, both in heaven and on earth. The universal value of their artwork lies in its timeless beauty and inner meaning, which purifies the heart and lifts the spirit.

(Clearwisdom.net) For quite some time I did not understand the Fa principle of "being taken advantage of by the old forces". In some serious situations I could not keep my righteous belief in Falun Dafa. I always thought that if Dafa is as solid as diamond, then how could it be that the old forces can take advantage of us? If this is the case, didn't it mean that the old forces were very capable? One way or the other, however, it's always the practitioners who are wrong. For example, when we had too much admiration for a particular practitioner, the old forces would cause this practitioner to be persecuted or get into trouble. When we held that a practitioner who was arrested had loopholes, the old forces would redouble its persecution of that practitioner. If we looked towards an everyday person to help stop the persecution, the old forces would turn them against Dafa, rather than let them play a positive role. When we hold anger and resentment towards those who badly beat practitioners, the old forces make that person even worse in an effort to eliminate him. There are so many examples like that.

I was puzzled by these questions for a long time. Today, while studying the Fa, I asked Teacher these questions in my mind. Teacher answered me by saying that I should study the Fa a lot. All of a sudden, I thought of the Fa Teacher taught us in Zhuan Falun about the person who cultivated into an Arhat after much difficulty. When he became excited he failed and had to start over. When he became fearful, he failed again. This Fa helped me understand the differences between a human being and a divine being. A divine being would have no human thought. Were the examples that I gave earlier of human thoughts or divine thoughts? They were absolutely human. The old forces do not really care what thoughts we have. As long as they are human thoughts, they latch onto them and will not let go, since their purpose is to ruin sentient beings, including practitioners.

Looking back, I felt very ashamed. It is not that the Fa is too weak. It was us who failed to think from the perspective of the Fa, and it was us who were not doing well. The reason Teacher did not intervene was because Teacher would not protect the human thoughts that we must abandon. If we could think from the perspective of the Fa, do the three things well and harmonize everything to save more sentient beings, then we would have no human thoughts like the ones I mentioned. That would leave no loopholes for the old forces to take advantage of.

The so-called "sensitive days", "Olympics" and the "political bureau has formed..." were the subjects on which we would easily focus our human thoughts. As for the so-called sensitive days, some practitioners intended to use the time to make an all-out effort to do something. This was actually a human thought of competitiveness. Other practitioners would be worried and hide at home. This was also a human thought of acknowledging the persecution.

The repeated lessons and suffering should make it possible for us to become more mature. If we can stick to saving the sentient beings, ignore everything else no matter what, and do a good job on the three things, then everything will proceed towards Consummation. We must shift from being passive to active and look for the loopholes that the old forces are exploiting. Take for example the evildoers that used the Olympics to persecute us. Why can't we use the Olympics and those evildoers to save more sentient beings?

From the Fa we know that the old forces should no longer exist. It is not accurate for us to say that we are "being taken advantage of by the old forces" because the old forces have been cleaned out a long time ago. Then why does the persecution still continue? Maybe it is the result of our human thoughts. The dark minions and rotten ghosts have used our human thoughts to perpetuate the persecution arranged by the old forces, so we must cultivate ourselves if we want to stop the persecution.

(Clearwisdom.net) Recently, when reading "Facts of the Persecution" articles on the Clearwisdom website in a hurry, I felt numb, helpless, and didn't even want to continue.

When I calmed down and then read the articles, I felt that the evil had no right to persecute Dafa practitioners, and that I should stop them from doing so. I should not allow the evil to continue their crimes, and I should immediately send forth strong righteous thoughts to eliminate all the evil beings and evil elements which persecute practitioners. I was also often touched by the righteous thoughts and actions of these practitioners.

When I read "Practitioners Exchange Insights and Experiences" articles in a hurry, I often only glanced at the titles or only read the first half of the articles.

When I calmed down and then read the articles, I took note of the experiences of these practitioners and discovered that my own xinxing was inadequate, as well as how I clarified the truth.

It's similar with other sections on the Clearwisdom website. We may have totally different experiences when we read the articles with either calm hearts or in a hurry. The above are my thoughts as I read the articles today, and I would like to share them with other practitioners.

(Clearwisdom.net) On August 8, the Chinese Communist Party used the Olympic Games to strengthen its dictatorial rule. As I did the exercises that nigh, I saw through my celestial eye that this was a gathering of rotten ghosts and low-level spirits. Some of them were physically attached to human bodies, and some of them were celebrating. They could not see that in the sky, there were innumerable Buddhas, gods and Taos in the form of Dafa disciples, sending forth righteous thoughts together, each striking at the evil.

Then, I saw our benevolent Master appear from the apex of the colossal firmament. Innumerable divine beings knelt and gathered to pay their respect. I saw our merciful Teacher's extensive compassion towards all sentient beings. Master looked at the sentient beings below him with tears of mercy rolling down his face. Heaving a deep sigh, he cast down a big shroud to cover the evil. The evil beings could not get out, but they did not disintegrate immediately. Master said that he wanted to wait a little longer because a lot of beings there had predestined relationships with Dafa. Master did not want them to miss the opportunity. The innumerable divine beings all shed tears of gratitude for Buddha's enormous grace and mercy in providing yet another opportunity.

The above is what I saw with my celestial eye, and I am writing this down because I have observed that recently a lot of fellow practitioners, including myself, have developed an attachment toward the Olympic Games. Even though we had plenty of time to study the Fa during summer vacation, we were wasting valuable time, oblivious to the opportunity afforded to cultivate diligently and save more sentient beings. We were numb towards many things, and we did not have the heart of compassion to save others; we only wanted to save ourselves. Actually we all knew that Master has extended the time to give us the opportunity to save more sentient beings, as well as to wait for those not cultivating as diligently to catch up. In the lecture "Teaching the Fa in the City of Los Angeles", Master said

"What I was just talking about was to tell you that no matter how long of a tumultuous time you have been through, or how much longer is required, you can't be attached to time. The more rampant the evil is, the more it bears out the Dafa disciples' mighty virtue in saving all beings; and the more critical the moment, the more it bears out the Dafa disciples' magnificence."

Fellow practitioners, let us cultivate diligently together, perform the duties that Dafa disciples should perform. Let us clarify the truth, save sentient beings, and cherish this opportunity provided by Master's compassion.

(Clearwisdom.net) Editors' note: In both Western and Chinese cultures, the principle of karmic retribution, that is, being held ultimately accountable for one's own actions, is widely accepted. The fundamental teaching of Falun Gong is the characteristic of the universe, "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." The universe will reward acts that are in harmony with this principle, while doing things such as beating, torturing and murdering people will incur karmic retribution. Stated another way, good deeds will be rewarded with good, while evildoings will meet due retribution. Articles such as this one are meant as a compassionate reminder of this principle to those who would commit wrongdoing. While many of those who persecute Falun Gong are merely "following orders," the universal law requires that they, too, be held responsible for their actions, and that only by reversing their course of wrongdoing may they escape retribution.

The evil deeds committed by the officials in Gaozhou City, Guangdong Province as they they have persecuted of Falun Gong have resulted, for many of them, in retribution. The following officials were actively involved in and responsible for many instances of persecution against local Falun Gong practitioners:

1. Guang Liang was Party secretary of the Nanhu District in Gaozhou City. He died suddenly on the way home from drinking in 2004.

2. Zhang Yuqi, associate party secretary of Nanhu District in Gaozhou City, died of liver cancer in late 2004.

3. Liang Feng, neighborhood director in the Nanhu District in Gaozhou City, died of a terminal illnesses in April 2008.

4. Zhan Jie, associate head of section No. 1 of the Gaozhou City Public Security Department, was attacked by thugs while out one night. He needed hospitalization. He detained and sent dozens of practitioners to forced labor camps and brainwashing centers during 2001.

5. Liu Guiwen, a 30-year-old police officer from Beiguan Police Station, died of liver cancer in 2003.

For their own good, we would like to encourage the government officials and police officers still committing evil deeds to stop persecuting practitioners, and instead treat practitioners with kindness.

August 8, 2008