Issued by Clearwisdom Net

At 3 p.m. on April 21, 2005, Men Guangjun, the head of the Hongqi Town Police Station in Fengcheng City, Liaoning Province led a group of police officers to break into the home of Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wen Cunfu. Mr. Wen was a former principal of the Gaungsheng Village Elementary School in Lanqi Town. The officers, without a word and without showing any identification, ransacked Mr. Wen's house, including the chimney on the rooftop. The officers didn't find any evidence to use against him, but they handcuffed Mr. Wen's practitioner son, Mr. Wen Jingsong, and took him to the Hongqi Town Police Station.

The next morning, Mr. Wen took his three-year-old granddaughter, his wife, second daughter and daughter-in-law to the Hongqi Town Police Station to ask the police to release his son. Mr. Wen asked Men Guangjun, "My son didn't violate a single law, why did you arrest him? My son used to have severe tuberculosis and practicing Falun Gong saved his life."

Men Guangjun responded to this question by ordering his followers to violently handcuff Mr. Wen, but he had his granddaughter in his arms and she was crying and screaming. The police grabbed the little girl's feet and forcefully pulled her away from Mr. Wen. The little girl's ankles and chest was injured, and she was in pain for many days. Mr. Wen's wife and daughter-in-law tried to reason with the police. The police pushed Mr. Wen's wife so hard that she fell on the floor. A policeman choked Mr. Wen's daughter-in-law and she almost suffocated. Men Guangjun and his followers took Mr. Wen, his son (Wen Jingsong), his daughter-in-law, and his second daughter to the Fengcheng City Second Prison. They were later transferred to the Fengcheng City First Prison. Mr. Wen's wife and his three-year-old granddaughter were left at home all by themselves.

Mr. Wen Cunfu was a former principal of the Gaungsheng Village Elementary School and his whole family practiced Falun Gong. Ten years ago, Mr. Wen's son, Wen Jingsong, suffered from severe tuberculosis. The hospital's treatment didn't seem to work. When Wen Jingsong's condition became worse, the Shenyang Hospital rejected him because he was too sick and the disease was very contagious. The prognosis was very poor for him. At that time, the TB had spread to five lobes and even his chest cavity. His left lung had holes in it and had shrunk. His entire lungs were infected and full of pus. He needed two drainers to remove the pus/blood mixture. Mr. Wen Cunfu's hair had turned gray and his wife seemed to have aged ten years because of their son's condition. She did not want to live without her son.

In the spring of 1998, Wen Jingsong started to practice Falun Gong and a miracle happened. He recovered quickly and felt better. By the fall of 1998, he had fully recovered from tuberculosis, felt energetic and could even work in the field. He had a checkup at a county hospital and was given a clean bill of health. The cloud over the family finally dissipated. Peace and happiness were restored to a near-broken family. The neighbors witnessed this miracle, but members of the family who practiced "Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance" were arrested and imprisoned for no good reason.

Telephone numbers of those participated in the persecution:

Men Guangjun, the Police Chief of the Hongqi Town Police Station, 86-415-8083120

The Fengcheng City First Prison, 86-415-8266557

Luan Caiyan, the Secretary of the Fengcheng City Political Legal Commission, 86-415-8122826

Li Hongquan and Li Baozhong, Assistant Secretaries of the Fengcheng City Political Legal Commission, 86-415-8128403

Ms. Chen Weijun is a Falun Gong practitioner from Nenjiang County in Heilongjiang Province. She has been held in the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison in Harbin City for about three years. The tortures she has suffered there have included the following: Forced-feedings with a tube inserted into her throat or stomach for so long that green mold grew on it; being hung up by her arms, with her toes unable to touch the floor; being forced to sit for extended periods of time, being handcuffed with one arm forced over and behind the shoulder and the other arm twisted up from behind the back; being held in a small cell, and other types of brutal abuse.

Ms. Chen was arrested in February 2000 and sentenced to Qiqihar Women's Forced Labor Camp in April 2000. At the camp, group leader Wang Yan shocked her with electric batons. Ms. Chen was hung up, brutally force-fed and enclosed in a small cell that was one meter wide and two meters long. She was handcuffed to a ring in the ground, with insects, rats and toads living in the cell. Criminal inmate Li Xiaoyang intentionally put a big toad in the room that Ms. Chen was kept in; when she slept, it would crouch on top of her.

In July 2001, Ms. Chen was arrested by the Harbin Police Department and held at the 7th Police Branch Detention Center for over 40 days. The police released her when it appeared that she would die from the tortures. In November 2001, Chen Weijun was delivering truth clarification materials at Nenjiang Farm, but was arrested by local police officers who detained and tortured her before sending her to the 93rd Farm Bureau Detention Center in Heilongjiang Province. After her release, Ms. Chen became homeless in order to avoid persecution and arrest at home. On May 26, 2002, Ms. Chen was arrested in Jiagedaqi City. In 2002, before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the 93rd Farm Bureau Court sentenced her to 11 years in prison.

The following is a brief account of the 29 times that Ms. Chen endured torture during this brutal persecution.

1st Time: February 2002, at Nenjiang Detention Center; a person with the family name of Zhang whipped Ms. Chen with white plastic tubes, causing bruising on her body.

2nd Time: February 2002, at Nenjiang Detention Center; Center Director Gao and others repeatedly slapped Ms. Chen's face. She was forced to stand with her legs wide apart and both hands raised above her head for half an hour.

(Note: the 3rd through the 12th times took place at the Shuanghe Forced Labor Camp in Qiqihar City during the year 2000)

3rd time: May 2000; group leader Wang Yan, with criminal inmates Zhang Jing and Li Xiaoyang, beat her up and shocked her with electric batons.

4th time: June 2000; police officer Wang Hui, with criminal inmates Zhang Jing, Li Xiaoyang, and He Jie, kicked Ms. Chen, punched her and dragged her around by the hair.

5th time: Police officer Wang Yan, with criminals He Jie and Zhang Jing, forced-fed Ms. Chen after she started a hunger strike. The prison doctor said, "If you vomit on me, I'll kill you."

6th Time: June 2000; police officers Wang Yan and Zhao Xiumei, with criminal inmates Zhang Jing, He Jie, and Li Xiaoyang, kicked Ms. Chen, punched her and shocked her with electric batons.

7th time: July 2000; police officers Wang Yan and Wang Hui, together with criminal inmate Zhang Jing, beat her up, force-fed her, forced her to squat for long periods of time and handcuffed her onto a bed.

8th time: July 2000; police officer Wang Xiaojuan, the prison doctor, criminal inmates He Jie, Zhang Jing, and Li Xiaoyang, kicked Ms. Chen, punched, force-fed her and handcuffed her with her arms twisted behind her back.

9th time: August 2000; police officers Wang Yan, Wang Me, Zhao Xiumei and criminal inmates He Jie, and Li Xiaoyang, shut Ms. Chen in a one-meter-wide by two-meter-long small cell and handcuffed her to a steel ring on the ground for 7 days.

10th time: August 2000; four male police officers with criminal inmates He Jie and Li Xiaoyang, punched her face, dragged her by the hair and forced her head between the limbs of a tree while binding her to another person with the same rope.

11th time: September 2000; police officer Wang Mei, with criminal inmates He Jie and Li Xiaoyang, handcuffed Ms. Chen's hands to the top of a bunk bed after twisting one arm back over her shoulder and down, while the other arm was twisted back and up from the waist, leaving only her toes touching the ground.

12th time: August 2000; police officer Wang Mei and criminal inmate Zhang Jing force-fed Ms. Chen after prying open her mouth with steel spoons. They cut her mouth and injured her teeth in the process.

13th time: July 2001, at Guxiang Detention Center in Harbin City; Ms Chen was force fed for three consecutive days by the director of the center, Wang. The dentention center doctor punched her face with both fists and criminal inmates kicked and punched her.

14th time: In late September 2001, at Guxiang Detention Center in Harbin City; the police doctor, with criminal inmates Yang Lu and Li Wan, beat Ms. Chen up during the force-feeding process until she was vomiting blood from internal bleeding.

15th time: In late November 2001, at the 93rd Farm Detention Center; police officers Yang Xiaoming, Wang Qingjun and Zuo Ke, kicked and punched Ms. Chen, and handcuffed her arms to her back with one arm pulled from over the shoulder and the other up from the waist. A broom was bound to her and she was not allowed to use the bathroom.

16th time: In early 2001, at the 93rd Farm Detention Center; the head of the detention center, some police officers and doctor Wang Jixiang, force-fed Ms. Chen while they handcuffed and shackled her feet to a ring on the ground beside the bed.

17th time: From May to June of 2001, at the 93rd Farm Detention Center; the police chief, some police officers and a doctor force-fed Ms. Chen while leaving the feeding tube inserted into her mouth all day long. They forced her to sit on a steel chair every other day for 53 days. Such a chair has an open weave and no pad.

18th time: On the Mid-August festival day in 2002, in the small cell at Harbin Women's Prison; police officer Yang Liwei beat her repeatedly.

(Note: the following tortures, 19 through 29, all happened at various locations inside the Harbin Women's Prison)

19th time: At the end of September 2002; in the small cell, five police officers and one criminal inmate kicked and punched Ms. Chen (among them were police officers Xiao Lin, Wu Xuesong and criminal inmate Wang Shurong).

20th time: In late October 2002; in the small cell, police officers beat Ms. Chen and force-fed her. The head of the prison, Zhu Shuhua, ordered her arms handcuffed to her back, and then inserted a tube into her trachea three different times while male police officers pulled her hair, causing her to faint. After she awoke, the officers inserted the tube again. Police officers Zhu Shuhua, Yang Libin, Zheng Jie, Cong Xin, Tao Dandan, Lu Jinhua, Wang Xiaoli, Wang Xing, Zhao (head of the prison hospital) and criminal inmate Shang Xiaomei were among them.

21st time: May 2003, in the 7th Prison Area; police officer Cui Yan, Wu Xuesong and criminal inmate Shang Xiaomei, force-fed Ms. Chen by inserting tubes back and forth in her stomach.

22nd time: May 2003 in the 7th Prison Area; police officers Kang Yazheng, and Cui Yan, with criminal inmates Yang Shuhua and Fu Xiuling, beat Ms. Chen up and handcuffed her arms to her back. The handcuffs were only unlocked at meal times.

23rd time: October 2003, in the 7th Prison Area; police officers Cui Yan, Jiang Xiaoli, Lin Jia, Xiao Lin, Wu Xuesong, Kang Yazheng and criminal inmates Yang Shuhua, Cui Xue, Fu Xiulin, and Zhang Yu forced Ms. Chen to suffer outside in the cold from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for 7 days. They also beat her.

24th time: During November and December of 2003 in the 7th Prison Area; police officers Kang Yazheng, Wu Xuesong, Lin Jia, Jiang Wei, and criminal inmates Yang Shuhua, Hu Xiaoli, and Fu Xiulin, handcuffed Ms. Chen inside the bathroom with her arms twisted behind her back, and force-fed her there for about a month. They forced her to stand 24 hours a day, but Ms. Chen Weijun fainted several times. Then she was made to sit on the wet floor in wet clothes and shoes.

25th time: January 2004, in the 7th Prison Area; police officers Kang Yazheng, Wu Xuesong and Cui Yan, with criminal inmates Yang Shuhua, Fu Xiuli, Guo Guangying, Tao Hua, Hu Xiaoli and Wang Xuan Li, handcuffed Ms. Chen in a warehouse for one month. Other Falun Gong practitioners were also there and were forced to sleep on the ground for a few months.

26th time: February 2004, in the 7th Prison Area; police officers Kang Yazheng, Wu Xuesong and Cui Yan, with criminal inmates Shang Xiaomei, Ren Haiyan, and Fu Xiulin, force-fed Ms. Chen. They left the feeding tube in her mouth all day long, handcuffed her and left her to sleep on the ground for a few days.

27th time: March 2004, in the 7th Prison Area; police officers Kang Yazheng, Wu Xuesong, Cuiyan, Lin Jia and criminal inmates Yang Shuhua, Fu Xiulin, Hu Xiaoli, Shang Xiaomei, Ren Haiyan, and Guo Guangying, force-fed Ms. Chen by inserting the feeding tube into her mouth. They left the tube in and changed it every 7 days. She was still living in the warehouse at that time.

28th time: On July 10, 2004, in the First Prison area, police officers Cui Hongmei and Zhou Ying, with criminal inmates Wang Botao, Bai Xiaoli, Zhang Xi, Tan Hongwei, Guan Hongying and Han Jianying, hung Ms. Chen up at the highest point of the second level bunk bed with her arms twisted and handcuffed behind her back. Only her toes touched the ground. After she fainted, they released her, and then they tied her up on the ground for another 24 hours.

29th time: On December 29, 2004, in the First Prison Area; police officers Cui Hongmei, Xia Fengying, Yu Li, Lu Cuijun, Lu Ming, Lu Heng and Yue, with criminal inmates Han Jianying, Wen Cui, Li Yanping, Zhang Xiuyuan, Sheng Qiaomei, Man Yunyue, Sun Xiuyun, Feng Xiaobo and Li Yanjin, tortured her in the same way as the 28th time.

Relevant phones numbers of the Harbin Women's Prison:

Operator: 86-451-86684001, 86-451-86684002, 86-451-86684003
Zhao Yinglin, director of the prison hospital: 86-451-86684001-8053
Xu Longjiang, director of the prison: 86-451-86684001-8001
Zhu Xiuhua (female), Chinese Communist Party Secretary of the prison: 86-451-86684001-3003
Zheng Jie, head of the 8th Prison Area: 86-451-86358314
Zhang Xiuli, head of the 9th Prison Area: 86-451-86359539
Xiao Lin, chief of the prison Detective Section: 86-13845193360 (mobile phone)

Address of the prison: Xuefu Road # 389, Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang 150069

Prison director's reception day, Friday, 1 p.m.- 3 p.m.
Tel. 86-451-86684002-3009, 86-451-86694053
Deputy director of the prison, Cong Xin, Zhu Shuhua, Liu Zhiqiang (in charge of handling medical bail cases)
Yang Libin, chief of the prison management section: 86-451 86684001-8142
Xiao Lin, chief of the educational section: 86-451-86684001-8130
Resident procurator at the prison: 86-451-82030982
Report phone number of the Binjiang Procurator: 86-451-86663178
Office number of the Binjiang Procurator: 0451-82359148
Resident procurator from Binjiang Procurator at the prison: 0451-86663178

Address of the Heilongjiang Province Prison Bureau: Hanguang Street #79, Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang 150080. Tel. 86-451-6335924

Director's reception day:
Every Wednesday,
Tel.: 86-451-86316442, 86-451-86342238, 86-451-86342139

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Shen Baoping, 28, was from Xinjiang Province. The persecutors savagely tortured him in the Changji Detention Center simply because he remained firm in his belief in Falun Gong. The police stripped him of all his clothes and tied him onto a narrow plank. He was not allowed to get up even while eating or relieving himself. He suffered severe bodily and mental harm from this torture. Because Mr. Shen was steadfast in Falun Gong, the lawless officials sentenced him to a prison term. While in prison, he remained firm in his belief and therefore suffered long-term torture. Shen Baoping was formerly a strong and healthy person, but was tortured so severely that he looked like a skeleton and was covered with wounds all over his body prior to his tragic and untimely death.

Ms. Zhao Jishi, 80, was from Tanpeng Township, Linquan County, Anhui Province. In 1998, she started to practice Falun Gong. In October 1999, her son Zhao Yunbin and granddaughter went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. They were illegally arrested and imprisoned in the Linquan County Detention Center, where they were tortured. Afterwards, they were sentenced to two years of forced labor and were released in 2002, but the police continued to repeatedly harass her family, as well as fine and detain them. Because of this, Ms. Zhao suffered severe physical and mental trauma and she passed away on February 18, 2004. In March 2004, while her son was hanging up some truth-clarifying banners, someone reported him to the authorities. He had no choice but to become homeless once more to avoid arrest. In October, when he was delivering truth-clarifying materials, the persecutors arrested him again. Zhao Yunbin is presently imprisoned in the Nanhu Prison in Anhui and being subjected to torture.

Ms. Shi Dianzhi, 58, lived in Xinxiang City, Henan Province. On January 3, 2003, when she was explaining the truth about Falun Gong to people at a train station, the police arrested her and fined her 3,000 yuan. Ms. Shi died on April 18, 2003 from the terror of the persecution.

Ms. Shun Xiangmei, 61, lived in Erjie Village, Yuhe Street, Guhe Township, Hui County, Henan Province. In July 2000, Hui County police arrested her and several other practitioners. She was persecuted in the Changcun Detention Center for ten days. Ms. Shun refused to sign her name or write any kind of guarantee statement. Hence, the Detention Center officials further persecuted her. One month later, because she did not cooperate with the evildoers' demands, she was transferred to the Yuhe Police Station where she suffered from torture and forced labor. She was forced to pay 10 yuan per day for personal expenses, however her meals consisted of a small steamed bun and a small cup of thin soup. Her family members were not allowed to supply her with any additional daily living necessities. After the endless suffering, Ms. Shun's physical health deteriorated. One night she suddenly had unusual symptoms and lost consciousness. Personnel from the police station sent Ms. Shun to the hospital, where she died.

Mrs. Wu Mingli, 60, was from Xiaochi Township, Huangmei County, Hubei Province. Beginning on July 20, 1999, when the persecution began, the police from Xiaochi Township always suspected that she told people the facts about Falun Gong. They often went to her residence to harass and threaten her. On May 9, 2005 the police went to her home again to harass and threaten her, and searched for Falun Gong books. Mrs. Wu was compelled to leave home. But the police several times went to threaten her husband, causing him to be extremely frightened. Mrs. Wu was also harassed and threatened many times. She died at 4:00 p.m. on May 25, 2005.

Ms. Luo Meiqing, 68, was a retiree from the Sichuan Emeishan City Chuantoue Iron Group Limited Company. In 1996 she started practicing Falun Gong. Before practicing, she suffered from cystitis, pyelonephritis, bursitis in the shoulder, and other illnesses. Firmly practicing Falun Gong restored her physical health. After the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, Ms. Luo went to the Chengdu City Municipal Government to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. She was arrested and transported back by personnel from the company's 610 Office. During the 2000 Chinese New Year, Ms. Luo went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. After appealing, she was escorted back by the company 610 Office, detained at the Emeishan City Police Department, and fined tens of thousands of "yuan." After returning to her company, Ms. Luo was again detained at the company's community college to be brainwashed. She was kept under 24-hour surveillance. Her family members imitated her handwriting to write the three statements. After learning of this, Ms. Luo went to her company to correct her family members' act of writing the three statements, and indicated that she would remain firm in her belief in Falun Gong. Ms. Luo suffered a relapse of her former illnesses, including the uremia. She died in June 2002.

Mr. Yang Yinhua, 89, was from Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. At the beginning of 1999, he started to practice Falun Gong in Suining City. After the persecution of Falun Gong began, his daughter went to Beijing twice to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. She was detained several times and her personal possessions were confiscated. She also had money extorted from her and was dismissed from her workplace. Officers from the Jiefangbei Road Police Station in Chengdu, and personnel from the street administration office harassed and threatened Mr. Yang. As a result of the ongoing persecution, Mr. Yang suffered from severe mental and physical trauma and died in 2004.

Ms. Wu Deming, 73, was from Caijiachang in Chongqing City. In 1996, she started to practice Falun Gong. After July 20, 1999, when the persecution of Falun Gong began, the vicious perpetrators often went to her residence to harass her. As a result, Ms. Wu became mentally traumatized and died in May 2000.

Ms. Qiao Xuechen, 67, was from Jilin City, Jilin Province. In May 1994, she started to practice Falun Gong. Before practicing, she suffered from serious rheumatic arthritis, and her legs and back were distorted. Her lumbar vertebrae were out of alignment at a 90-degree angle and her legs were in the shape of an X. After practicing Falun Gong, her back and legs straightened, and her previous illnesses disappeared without any medical treatment. Ms. Qiao told everyone she met that Falun Dafa is good. After July 1999, when the wicked CCP (Chinese Communist Party) started to persecute Falun Gong, Qiao Xuechen went to the different appeals offices of all levels of government, seeking justice for Falun Gong, but got no response. She suffered from severe mental trauma because of the persecution, and died on May 11, 2003.

Mr. Qian Junlin, 73, retired from the Jilin Nickel Industry Company in Panshi City. In 1995 he started to practice Falun Gong. After July 20, 1999, the vicious authorities frequently harassed him, which caused him severe mental and physical trauma. He died on March 9, 2005.

Ms. Wen Yumei, 61, retired from the Jilin Nickel Industry Company in Panshi City. She started to practice Falun Gong in 1996. After the persecution started, Ms. Wen went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, but personnel from the local police station detained her for 15 days. In October 2002 she was abducted and taken to the Panshi City Brainwashing Class to be persecuted. After she returned home, the police continuously went to Ms. Wen's residence to harass her. She suffered from severe mental and physical trauma and died in February 2004.

Ms. Zhao Hongmei, 25, was from Baishishan in Jilin Province. She started to practice Falun Gong in 1998. She was arrested in June 2000 when she was making "truth-clarifying" materials, and was sentenced to one year of imprisonment. She was later released on bail. In 2002 Ms. Zhao was arrested again. She was released on bail for medical treatment after her family, through connections, paid a 2,000 yuan fine. Later, they tried very hard to get the money back. Ms. Zhao suffered from severe mental trauma as a result of the persecution. Prior to practicing Falun Gong, she had suffered from heart problems. Zhao Hongmei died from a heart attack on May 6, 2005.

Mr. Ma Zhijin, who was in his 60s, was from Changchun City, Jilin Province. When he was visiting his daughter in Dalian City, he distributed some truth-clarifying materials. Officers from the Laohutan Police Station in Dalian arrested him. During his detention there, Mr. Ma jumped from the second floor of the police station and was severely injured. He died in November 2003.

Mr. Zhang Shiren, 75, was from Houzhangjia Village, Dashuibo Town, Wendeng City, Shandong Province. In 1996, he started to practice Falun Gong. After July 20, 1999 he moved to Yantai City. Because he practiced Falun Gong, the local police in Yantai detained him. Later, through some connections, he was released but died from illness on April 23, 2002.

Ms. Guan Juan, 37, was from Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province. In 2000 she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. She was extorted out of about 3,000 yuan and was monitored for a long period of time. Ms. Guan could not properly practice or study the Fa, hence her previous illnesses returned. She died in November 2004.

Ms. Yang Huimin, 51, was from Hancun Village, Songlindian Town, Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province. She once had high blood pressure, but after starting Falun Gong practice in February 1999, her illness disappeared without any medical treatment. After the evil started to persecute Falun Gong on July 20, 1999 Ms. Yang suffered severe physical and mental trauma. She was unable to practice and study the Fa on a regular basis. Yang Huimin suffered from a sudden massive stroke and died on March 6, 2005.

Ms. Li Xiuzhen, 64, was employed at the Handan City State Cotton Textile Factory, Fourth Factory in Hebei Province. Because she practiced Falun Gong, her residence was disturbed many times. Ms. Li suffered from mental trauma and died on February 15, 2003.

This tragedy happened to a family in Dong Yanma Village, Zhuanggang Township, Junan County, Shandong Province. Fifty years ago, the father-in-law was beaten to death during the terrible Land Reform movement. Recently, his daughter-in-law was severely threatened and intimidated by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). She was forbidden to practice Falun Gong and she passed away in 2004 due to relapsed illnesses.

Mrs. Zhang Tingxiu was a sixty-two-year-old farmer from Dong Yanma Village, Zhuanggang Township. Before she started practicing Falun Gong, Mrs. Zhang suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis and various other illnesses. She always had difficulty breathing and was on continuous medications. Her body was so swollen that she had difficulty moving and couldn't do a thing but swallow pills constantly. In 1996, Ms. Zhang started practicing Falun Gong. Soon, she became healthy, energetic and relaxed.

In July 1999, Jiang's regime began to persecute Falun Gong. One morning in the early summer of 2000, Ms. Zhang went out with other village practitioners to the roadside to practice Falun Gong. They also "clarified the truth "of Falun Gong to passersby. Their activities were reported to the local government, and the director of Yanma Village police substation, Han Jincheng, and Xu Hengnian arrested them, searched their houses, and confiscated their possessions. Ms. Zhang was illegally detained for 15 days and fined 360 yuan.

In December 2000, Ms. Zhang Tingxiu and other practitioners were on their way to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. The group was intercepted at the Junan Railway Station, and the local police sent them back to Yanma Township in a car. All the practitioners, male and female, were detained and subjected to brainwashing in the same room for more than 10 days. The practitioners were repeatedly beaten and cursed at by the director of the police substation, Han Jincheng, the deputy director, Xu Hengnian, and the local CCP official, Xu Zhimin. They beat these elderly practitioners with rubber rods, shocked them with electric batons, kicked them, and forced them to run every day. Ms. Zhang was beaten until she was black and blue all over. The police forced her to speak against her will for the Junan TV Station. Afterwards, the officials from the local government repeatedly went to her home to harass and threaten her. As a result, Ms. Zhang's health deteriorated and her previous illnesses recurred.

Because of Ms. Zhang's illegal detention, the police's repeated searches, harassments, threats, and confiscation of her property; and the fact that her father-in-law had been beaten to death by the CCP during the terrible Land Reform, her family members were extremely frightened by the CCP. Therefore, they strived to prevent her from studying the Fa and practicing the exercises. As a result of this persecution, Ms. Zhang died on July 29, 2004.

1. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Mr. Jiang Guanwei and Others from Weicheng District Arrested

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Jiang is a farmer from Weigong Jiangjia Village, Yuandaliushu Town. At 8:00 a.m. on April 12, 2005, Weicheng police officers arrested him as he was working in his field. The police then went to his home and arrested his wife, Ms. Wang Chengying.

On April 12, several police officers suddenly broke into Ms. Wei Guanghua's home in Zhuangtou Village, Wangliu Town. They arrested Ms.Wei and ransacked her home. A practitioner from Weifang City who happened to be at Ms. Wei's home was also arrested.

On April 12, Zhang Airong from Xiapo Village, Junbukou Town, was arrested at home. Zhang's home was ransacked. Zhang is being held at the Weifang City 610 Office Brainwashing Center.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86, area code: 536
Main line of Weicheng Police Department: 8326401 (then ask for individual sections)
Wangliu Police Station: 8138110
Junbukou Police Station: 8128322
Junbukou Town Government: 8129686

On April 4, 2005, Mr. Zhang Peisheng was put on trial in Xuchang Court. In the courtroom, Mr. Zhang declared that there was nothing wrong in his belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. He told everyone in the courtroom the magnificence of Falun Gong. Mr. Zhang is being held in the Xuchang City Detention Center.

Mr. Yan Xinliang, 28, single, is from Leihe City. On February 19, 2005, officers from the Renhe Police Station in Xiping arrested him because many Falun Gong truth clarifying materials had been distributed in Renhe that day. Members from the Xiping and Leihe 610 Offices brutally tortured Mr. Yan. His entire body became swollen, and he could not walk. Mr. Yan has since been sentenced to three years of forced labor and sent to the Xuchang No. 3 Forced Labor Camp. He was carried to the labor camp on a stretcher.

Prior to this, officials of the local 610 Officers had sentenced Yan Xinliang to three years of forced labor for his belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. He had been held in the same labor camp and was released last year.

In the early morning of April 12, 2005, Ms. Gao Ping was arrested while clarifying the truth. The police ransacked her home that same morning.

On March 22, 2005, Mr. Liu Zhilin from Laiyuan County was arrested at work in a hospital, because of his truth-clarifying activities. His whereabouts are unknown.

Ms. Liu Xiangfen lives in the Shangdixili Residential Complex in the Haidian District of Beijing. She was forcibly taken to the Qinghe Detention Center in the Haidian District and has since been unlawfully sentenced to two and a half years of forced labor.

Mr. Wang Zhengfeng is a veteran who used to work in an institute affiliated with the Air Force in Xisanqi. He lives in Huilongguan, Changping. In March 2005, his wife, who stumbled onto a deviant path, helped police officers and members of the 610 Office send him to a brainwashing center.

Mr. Li Zhi'an, 55, was a former employee of Lanzhou Steel Plant. In March 2005, officers from the Donggang Police Station arrested him and sent him to the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Center. His family members tried several times to send in clothes for him. They were denied any visits.

Mr. Chen Anrui lives at Quanhe Village, Anshang Town, Anqiu City in Weifang City. On March 11, 2005, while he was doing housework at home, four plainclothes police officers broke into his home and placed him under arrest. His whereabouts remain unknown.

On March 7, 2005, police ransacked Ms. Pei Yuzhen's home in the No. 6 Petroleum Extraction Plant in Daqing City. Ms. Pei's whereabouts remain unknown.

Ms. Niu Guanying from Dingxing County in Baoding City, was turned in to the police while posting truth clarifying leaflets. She has since been sentenced to 18 months of forced labor and is being held in the Banqiao Forced Labor Camp in Tianjin.

Mr. Xin Tingchao lives in Dongnanzu Village in Chengguan Town, Laishui County, Baoding City. He was arrested Thursday afternoon after work by over a dozen police officers, who arrived at his home in three vehicles. The officers were from Baoding City and Chengguan Town. Mr. Xin was taken to the county police department and immediately sentenced to three years of forced labor. He is being held in the Laishui County Detention Center.

Mr. Qu Hongwen, in his fifties, is from Xiaojinjia Village in Shiliang Town, Longkou City. Officers from the Shiliang Town Police Station arrested him while he was clarifying the truth one night. He has been sent to Yantia City for abuse. Another male practitioner, whose name is unknown, has been forced to become homeless in order to avoid further persecution and arrest.

Mr. Zhu Tianxiang from Zhangye has recently been sentenced to three years in prison by the Zhangye 610 Office for distributing truth-clarifying brochures. Mr. Zhu was released from a labor camp in 2003.

Wang Jun, director of the Zhangye 610 Office

He Zhengjiang, deputy director of the Zhangye 610 Office

On the afternoon of April 11, 2005, Ms. Jiao Xiuxia and Ms. Sun Xiuying from Ling County went to Dingzhuang to distribute truth-clarifying materials. Informants called the police, and both of them were taken to the Ling County Police Department.

Ms. Jiao and Ms. Sun are sisters-in-law. Each has two children. Their younger children are only two years old. They also are responsible for the care of elder family members.

Ms. Xiao Juanhua, 46, works for the Mechanics and Energy Department in Shizhuyuan, Chenzhou City. She was unlawfully detained for about six months. She was also sent to a forced labor camp for 30 months. Her salary has since been suspended, and she remains under surveillance at home.

Ms. Xiao went to Beijing three times to appeal for the Fa: from February to April 2000, from April to June 2000, and from December 2000 to February 2001. Each time she was detained. She spent a total of 165 days in detention centers. Ms. Xiao was sent to a labor camp for 740 days, from February 2001 to July 2003, for validating the Fa in Beijing. She was fined 12,000 yuan and had to pay 4,000 yuan for bail. The total amount of her salary that has been suspended is 40,000 yuan.

Ms. Jiang Changyi, 68, was sent to a brainwashing center twice after she went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong in January and February 2001. She spent 14 days there. She was fined 2,000 yuan. In addition, 2,500 yuan was deducted from her salary. Ms. Jiang has been living under surveillance for an extended period of time.

Ms. Liang Yi'e, 63, is a retired worker who lives on Furong Street in Shizhuyuan. She was sent to the brainwashing center once and detained twice. She was also sent to the labor camp on one occasion, but the labor camp authorities did not admit her. Ms. Liang paid 10,000 in fines, 4,000 yuan for bail, and had 20,000 yuan deducted from her salary. She has been expelled from the Communist Party and has lived under surveillance for an extended period of time

On February 23, 2005, Handan City police arrested Mr. Chen Zhenyu, his wife, their sons, and their daughters-in-law in Huaiqiao Village, Xiaozhai, Jize County. They are probably being held in the Jize County Detention Center.

Mr. Feng Gongjun is from Baiquan Town in Dongliao County, Liaoyuan City. Sometime between late March and early April, the Baiquan police arrested him.

Mr. Zhang Guanghui, 36, was sentenced to seven years in prison in November 2000. He is being held in the No. 9 Ward of the Shijiazhuang City No. 4 Prison. His family has been denied any visits.

Recently, Mr. Zhang has been put in solitary confinement after the prison guards found out that he kept copies of Master's new articles. The guards have tried to learn the source of the articles.

Telephone number of No. 9 Ward of the Shijiazhuang City No. 4 Prison: 86-311-7751912 extension 64886591
Wang, prison team leader: 86-13933092711 (cellular)

On January 11, 2005, Mr. Xu Changlu was turned in to the police and unlawfully detained. On January 13, several township officials broke into the homes of Mr. Li Qingyun and three other practitioners. The police talked four practitioners into going to the township government for the purpose of information gathering, but they were unlawfully detained instead.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86, area code: 411
Zhang Bailin, Party secretary of Shajian Village: 89729919
Huang Yumei, leader of the residential group: 89759633 or 89759639
Guanglu Township Police Station: 89759207
Changhai County Police Department: 89882930
Changhai County Crime Response Squad: 89882464

Around 10:00 a.m. on April 14, 2005, several police officers suddenly broke into Ms. Zhang Chunfang's home near Mashiqiao in Chengdu City. The officers ransacked the house and confiscated many Falun Gong books, truth clarifying materials, and DVDs. A 90-year-old family member was extremely terrified.

Chen Shi, director of the Social Stability and Comprehensive Management Office of the Taoxi Road Street Neighborhood Administration Office in the Chenghua District of Chengdu City: 86-28-83249892, 86-13350072559 (cellular), 86-13668272066 (cellular);
Taoxi Road Police Station: 86-28-83247480

1. More than ten Falun Gong practitioners were tortured in Daqing prison in May

After the May 1^st Chinese Labor Day Holiday, Daqing Prison carried out another round of torture of all detained Falun Gong practitioners, with brutal beatings and threats. More than ten practitioners went on hunger strikes to protest. They were tied up with strips of cloth all day, some for more than 24 hours. Three practitioners were locked in small cells (1), and were forced to sit on an iron chair for fifteen days. Practitioners were not allowed to talk face to face, nor were they allowed to sleep or leave the cell to walk around. They were forced to use the toilet inside the cell. The prison authorities focused their attacks on one practitioner, Mr. Cheng Peiming. They grouped more than ten prisoners together, tied Mr. Cheng up, and tormented him with cursing and sleep deprivation. Mr. Cheng had an incision wound from an operation he had received after previous torture necessitated it. The incision was torn open when the prisoners pulled him too hard.

(http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/6/7/103551.html)

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Hongwei is jailed in the Tenth Ward of Jilin Prison. Guards there have tried to force him to give up his belief in Falun Gong by locking him in a small cell, putting him on a "death bed" or a "stretching bed" (2), forcing him to drink water from the toilet bowl and other brutalities. He was tortured like this for two years. Many Falun Gong practitioners went on a hunger strike to protest the tortures. Guards from the 6^th Ward instructed prisoners to kick and beat practitioners who were on hunger strikes. They put Mr. Cao Hongyan on the stretching bed, causing the tendons in his feet to almost sever. They force-fed some practitioners with large quantities of salt, but refused them water to drink. Prisoner Xi Yanjun (male) put a bottle of boiling water on the abdomen of practitioner Mr. Wang Fengcai who was locked on the dead person's bed, causing a huge blister to form on the skin. Guards in the 9^th Ward instructed prisoners to beat Mr. Cao Zhonghua so severely that his two front teeth were knocked out.

(http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/6/7/103524.html)

Notes

(1) small cell: The detainee is locked up alone in a very small cell. The guards handcuff the practitioners in a fixed position on their back, in which the practitioners can neither move nor lie down. The small cell is very damp with no sunshine. Detainees have to urinate and defecate in the cell. Only half of a regular meal is served to detainees locked in the small cells during the daytime. During the night rats move around in the cells. The stench in the small cells is so bad that it is difficult to breathe.

(2) "stretching bed": The police fix the practitioner's limbs on a specially-made bed on which there are four rings. The practitioner's hands and feet are fixed in the rings. Then the police apply tension to the rings, pulling the practitioner's body away from the bed as the limbs are stretched. If enough force is used, one will pass out in just a few seconds. If one is left in this position for more than ten minutes, all of his muscles and bones in the limbs will be dislocated, and the person will be permanently maimed. Further, the police forbid anyone to care for the maimed practitioners. See illustration on /emh/articles/2005/2/11/57390.html